Further Reading:

Bacon, D., Cahill, T.  and Tombrello, T.A. 1996.  Sailing Stones on Racetrack Playa.  Journal of Geology, 104: pp.121-125.

Evans, Robert.  1999.  Dancing Rocks.  Smithsonian, July, 1999, pp. 88 - 94.

Kirk, Louis G. 1952. Trails and rocks observed on a playa in Death Valley National Monument, California.  Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 22: pp. 173-181.

McAllister, James F. 1956. Geologic Map of the Ubehebe Peak Quadrangle, California. U.S. Geological Survey, Geologic Quadrangle Map, GQ-95.

McAllister, J.F. and Agnew, A.F. 1948.  Playa scrapers and furrows on Racetrack Playa, Inyo County, California [abs.]. Geological Society of America Bulletin, pp. 59.

Messina, P. and Stoffer, P.  1999.  Differential GPS/GIS Analysis of the Sliding Rock Phenomenon of Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park.  Geologic Research and Mapping of Death Valley National Park: Conference Proceedings.  U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 99-153, pp. 107-109.

Messina, P. and Stoffer, P.  1998.  Unlocking the Spatial Secrets of the Sliding Rocks with ArcView GIS.  ArcNews,  7:3 (summer, 1998).

Messina, P.  1998.  The Sliding Rocks of Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California: Physical and Spatial Influences on Surface Processes.  Published doctoral dissertation, City University of New York.  University Microfilms, Incorporated,1998.

Messina, P. and Stoffer, P. 1997.  Spatial Analyses of Sliding Rock Trails on the Racetrack Playa (Death Valley, California): Implications for Basin Geometry_Related Wind Dynamics. GSA Abstracts with Programs,  29:6 (1997).

Messina, P. 1997.  Valley of Wayward Rocks.  GPS World Showcase, 8:8 (August, 1997).

Messina, P., Stoffer, P., and Clarke, K.C.  1997.  From the XY Files: Mapping Death Valley's Wandering Rocks.  GPS World, 8:4 (April, 1997), p 34 - 44.

Reid, John B., Bucklin, Edward P., Copenagle, Lily, Kidder, Jon, Pack, Sean M., Polissar, Pratigya J.,  and Williams, Michael L.  1995.  Sliding rocks at the Racetrack, Death Valley: What makes them move?  Geology, 23(9): pp. 819-822.

Schumm, Stanley A. 1956.  The movement of rocks by wind.  Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 26: pp. 284-286.

Sharp, Robert P. and Carey, Dwight L. 1976.  Sliding Stones, Racetrack Playa, California.  Geological  Society of America Bulletin, 87: pp. 1704-1717.

Sharp, Robert P., Carey, Dwight L., Reid, John B., Jr., Polissar, Pratigya J. and Williams, Michael L.  1996.  Sliding rocks at the Racetrack, Death Valley: What makes them move: comment and reply.  Geology, 24 (8): pp. 766-767.

Sharp, W.E. 1960.  The movement of playa scrapers by wind.  Journal of Geology, 68: pp. 567-572.

Shelton, J.S. 1953.  Can wind move rocks on Racetrack Playa?  Science, 117: pp.438-439.

Stanley, G.M. 1955.  Origin of playa stone tracks, Racetrack Playa, Inyo County California.  Geological Society of America Bulletin, 66: pp. 1329-1350.
 
 


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