Peer-Reviewed Journals:

Jessup, M. J., Karlstrom, K. E., Livaccari, R. F, Connelly, J., Amanda, T., and Rodgers, S.A., in press, Complex Proterozoic Crustal Assembly of southwestern North America involving northeast, then northwest directed convergence in an arcuate subduction system: The Black Canyon of the Gunnison, southwestern Colorado, American Geophysical Union Monograph.

Livaccari, R.F., and Geissman, J.W., 2001, Large-magnitude extension along metamorphic core complexes of western Arizona and southeast California: Evaluation with paleomagnetism: Tectonics, v. 20, p. 625 - 648.

Scott, R.B., Harding, A.E., Hood, W.C., Cole, R.D., Livaccari, R.F., Johnson, J.B., and Dickerson, R.P., 2001, Geologic map of the Colorado National Monument quadrangle and the Colorado National Monument, Mesa County, Colorado: U.S.G.S., Geologic Investigations Series, I-2740.

Campbell-Stone, E., John, B. E., Foster, D. A., Geissman, J. W., & Livaccari, R. F., 2000, Mechanisms for accommodation of Miocene extension: Low-angle normal faulting, magmatism, and secondary breakaway faulting in the southern Sacramento Mountains, southeastern California: Tectonics, v. 19, p. 566-587.

Livaccari, R. F., Geissman, J. W., and Reynolds, S. J., 1995, Large-magnitude extensional deformation in the South Mountains metamorphic core complex, Arizona: Evaluation with paleomagnetism: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 107, p. 877-894.

Perry, F. V., and Livaccari, R. F., 1994, Isotopic evidence for preservation of lithospheric mantle during the Sevier-Laramide orogeny, western U.S.: Comment and Reply: Geology, v. 22, p. 671-672.

Livaccari, R. F., and Perry, F. V., 1993, Isotopic evidence for preservation of lithospheric mantle during the Sevier-Laramide orogeny, western U.S.: Geology, v. 21, p. 719-722.

Livaccari, R. F., Geissman, J. W., and Reynolds, S. J., 1993, Paleomagnetic evidence for large-magnitude, low-angle normal faulting in a metamorphic core complex: Nature, v. 361, p. 56-59.

Livaccari, R. F., 1991, Role of crustal thickening and extensional collapse in the tectonic evolution of the Sevier-Laramide orogeny, western United States: Geology, v. 19, p. 1104-1107.

Livaccari, R. F., Burke, K., and Sengor, A. M. C., 1981, Was the Laramide orogeny related to subduction of an oceanic plateau?: Nature, v. 289, p. 276-278.

Recent Papers Presented at Professional Meetings

Jessup, M. J., Karlstrom, K. E., Connelly, J., and Livaccari, R. F., 2002, Complex Crustal Assembly of southwestern North America involving northwest and northeast-striking fabrics: The Black Canyon of the Gunnison, southern Colorado, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Rocky Mt. Section, 54the annual meeting.

Livaccari, R.F., Bowring, T.J., Farmer, E.T., Garhart, K.S., Hosack, A.M., Navarre, A.K., Peterman, J.S., Rollins, S.M., Williams, C.A., Kunk, M., Scott, R.B., Unruh, D., 2001, Proterozoic rocks of the Uncompahgre Plateau, western Colorado and eastern Utah: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.

Livaccari, R. F., Geissman, J. W., and Wawrzyniec, T., 1995, Study of continental extension with paleomagnetism: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, p. A-68.

Livaccari, R. F., Geissman, J. W., and Reynolds, S. J., 1994, Large-magnitude extensional deformation in the South Mountains metamorphic core complex, Arizona: Evaluation with paleomagnetism: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. 250-251.

Livaccari, R. F., Geissman, J. W., and Reynolds, S. J., 1991, Paleomagnetic evaluation of synkinematic footwall tilting along the Miocene South Mountains metamorphic core complex, Arizona: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, p. 189.

Livaccari, R. F. and Keith, S. B., 1990, Detailed structural analysis of the southern Cordillera from Trans-Pecos Texas to southwestern California: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, p. 37.

Keith, S. B., and Livaccari, R. F., 1990, Laramide-age decretion as a cause for mid-Tertiary Cordilleran magmatism and deformation: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, p. 34.