Papers and Reports

2004, Toro, J., F. Roure, N. Bordas-Le Floch, S. Le Cornec-Lance, W. Sassi, Thermal and Kinematic Evolution of the Eastern Cordillera fold-and-thrust-belt, Colombia, in R. Swennen, F. Roure, and J. W. Granath, eds. Defromation, fluid flow, and reservoir appraisal in foreland fold and thrust belts: AAPG Hedberg Series, no. 1, p. 79-115. Downloand pdf

2004, Amato, J. M., Toro, J., and Moore, T. E., Origin of the Bering Sea salient, in A. J. Sussman and A. B. Weil, eds., Orogenic curvature: Integrating paleomagnetic and structural analyses, Geological Society of America Special Paper 383, p. 131-144.

2003, Prokopiev, A.V., Bakharev, A.G., Toro, J., Miller, E.L., Hourigan, J. K, and Dumitru, T. A., Mid-Paleozoic continental margin magmatism and Mesozoic metamorphic events at the North Asian Craton-Okhotsk terrane boundary, Otechestviennaya Geologiya (Regional Geology), n. 6, p. 57-63 (in Russian). Downloand pdf

Toro, J., Amato, J. M., and Natal'in, B. A., 2003, Cretaceous deformation, Chegitun River area, Chukotka Peninsula, Russia: Implications for the
tectonic evolution of the Bering Strait region, Tectonics, 22, 1021, doi: 10.1029/2001TC001333. Downloand pdf

Amato, J. M., Miller, E. L., Toro, J., and Wright, J. E., 2003, Cretaceous Magmatism on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, and Cape Dezhnev, Northeast Russia: Geochemistry, 40Ar/39Ar ages, and implications for the tectonic evolution of the Bering Strait Region, in Short Notes on Alaskan Geology 2003, Clautice, K., ed., State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 120, 1-20 . Downloand pdf.

Roure, F., Bordas-Lefloch, N., Toro, J., Aubourg, C., Guillaumou, N., Hernandez, E., Lecornec-Lance, S., Riveiro, C., Robion, P., Sassi, W., 2003, Petroleum Systems and Reservoir Appraisal in the Subandean Basins : Eastern Venezuela and Eastern Colombian Foothills, in Bartolini, C., Burke, K., and Buffler, R., editors, Mexico and the Caribbean Region: Plate Tectonics, Basin Formation and Hydrocarbon Habitats, AAPG Memoir, vol.79, pp.750-775.

Toro, J., P.B. Gans, W.B. McClelland, and T. Dumitru, 2002, Deformation and exhumation of the Mt. Igikpak region, central Brooks Range, Alaska, in: Miller, E.L., Klemperer, S., and Grantz, A., eds., Tectonic Evolution of the Bering Shelf-Chukchi Sea-Arctic Margin and Adjacent Landmasses: Geological Society of America Special Paper 360, p. 111-132. Downloand pdf.

Klemperer, S.; Miller, E.L.; Grantz, A.; Scholl, D.W. Childs, J.R.; Bogdanov, N.A.; Belykh, I.N.; Galloway, G.; Hicks, B.; Cole, F.; and Toro J., 2002, Crustal structure of the Bering and Chukchi shelves: deep seismic reflection profiles across the North American Continent between Alaska and Russia, in: Miller, E.L., Klemperer, S., and Grantz, A., eds., Tectonic Evolution of the Bering Shelf-Chukchi Sea-Arctic Margin and Adjacent Landmasses: Geological Society of America Special Paper 360,1-24.

Natal'in, B.A., Amato, J.M., Toro, J., and Wright, J.E., 1999, Paleozoic rocks of northern Chukotka Peninsula, Russian Far East: implications for the tectonics of the Arctic region, Tectonics, v. 18, p. 977-1003. Downloand pdf

Toro, J., 1998, Structure and thermochronology of the metamorphic core of the central Brooks Range, Alaska: Ph. D. Thesis, Stanford University, Stanford , California.

Toro, J., Cole, F.and Meier J. M.,1998,40Ar/39Ar ages of detrital minerals in Lower Cretaceous rocks of the Okpikruak formation: evidence for Upper Paleozoic metamorphic rocks in the Koyukuk arc, in Gray, J.E. and Riehle, J.R., Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological survey, 1996: U.S.Geological Survey Professional Paper 1595, p. 169-182.

Le Cornec-Lance, S., Bordas-Le Floch, N. , J. Toro, Benard,F., Lafargue, E., and Roure, F., 1998, Thermal and maturity modelling study of the Sabana de Bogota, Colombia: Institut Français du Pétrole, Report 44 366, 87 pp.

Toro, J., Bordas-Le Floch, N., Le Cornec-Lance, S., Roure, F., Benard, F., Lafargue, E., Sassi, W., Robion, P., Auburg, C., and Frizon de la Motte, D., 1998, Report on the Colombian SUBTRAP Consortium (Sub-Thrust Reservoir Appraisal): Institut Français du Pétrole, Report 44 -557, 2 vol., 275 p., 1 plate.

Roure, F., Bordas-Le Floch, N., Colletta, B., Lafargue, E., Le Cornec-Lance, S., Sassi, W., and Toro, J. , 1997, Report on the Coporo diagenetic and modelling study, Colombian foothills: Institut Français du Pétrole, Report 44 340, 96 pp.

Bering Strait Geological Field Party, 1997, The Koolen metamorphic complex, NE Russia: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Bering Strait Region, Tectonics, Vol. 16, n. 5, p.713-729.

Cole, F., Bird, K.J., Toro, J., Roure, F., O’Sullivan, P. B., Pawlewicz, and Howell, D.G.,1997, An integrated model for the tectonic development of the frontal Brooks Range and Colville Basin 250 km west of the Trans-Alaska Crustal Transect: Jour. Geoph. Res., v. 102, n. B9, p. 20,685-20,708.

Cole, F., Bird, K.J., Toro, J., Roure, and Howell, D.G., 1995, Kinematic and subsidence modeling of the north-central Brooks Range and North Slope of Alaska: USGS Open File Report 95-823, 3 sheets.

Rubin, C. M., Miller, E. L., and Toro, J., 1995, Deformation of the northern circum-Pacific margin: Variations in tectonic style and plate-tectonic implications: Geology, v. 23, p. 897-900.

Toro, J. 1992, Interpretacion estructural del Valle Superior del Magdalena a la latitud de Tetuan-Prado y evaluacion estructural del prospecto Topacio: Ecopetrol, Bogota, unpublished report 20 p., 10 plates.

Toro, J., 1990, The Termination of the Bucaramanga Fault in the Cordillera Oriental, Colombia. M.S. thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ , 53 p., 3 plates.

Abstracts

Burnette, L.L., Toro, J, and Rengers, F., 2004, Geologic mapping and structural analysis of the central Yok Mountains, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, Geol. Soc. Am. Northeastern-Southeastern Joint Annual Meeting, Tyson's Corner, VA, Mar. 25-27, 2004.

Edmonds, C., Toro, J., 2004, Natural Gas Exploration Associated with Alleghenian Thrust Faults in the Greenbrier Formation, Southern West Virginia, AAPG, Eastern Section, Oct. 3-6, Columbus, OH.

Prokopiev A.V., Toro J., Bakharev A.G., Miller E.L., Hourigan J.K., Dumitru T.A. 2004, Middle Paleozoic-Mesozoic geodynamic evolution of the zone of junction of the North Asian craton and the Okhotsk terrane as derived from new geochemical and geochronological data (in Russian).Abstract in: Evolution of tectonic processes in Earth history. Novosibirsk: SB RAS, Geo, p. 83-86.

Elswick, V.A, and Toro, J., 2003, Seismic interpretation and structural evaluation of the Hope Basin, Alaska, Geol. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting, Seattle, Nov. 2-6, 2003.

Prokopiev A.V., Toro J., Dumitru T.A., Miller E.L., Hourigan J.K., 2003, First experience on studying thrust structures of South Verkhoyan'e (eastern Yakutia) on the AFTA basis (in Russian). Abstract in: Evolution of tectonic processes in Earth history. Novosibirsk: SB RAS, Geo, p. 86-88.

Rolon-Vidal, L. F. and Toro, J., 2003, Role of extensional structures in the development of the Middle Magdalena Valley Basin, Colombia, VIII Simposio Bolivariano, Petroleum Exploration in the Subandean Basins, Cartagena, Sep 21-24, 2003.

Rolon, L. and Toro, J., 2003, Extensional structures related to the Jurassic-Cretaceous rift of the Middle Magdalena Valley Basin- Colombia, AAPG Eastern Section Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, September 6-10, 2003.

Toro, J., Roure, F. LeCornec-Lance, S., Bordas-Lefloch, N., Sassi, W., 2002, Structural and thermal evolution of the Cordillera Orinetal, Colombia, AAPG Hedberg Conference, May 13-16, Palermo, Italy.

Bordas-Le Floch, N., Roure, F., Bénard, F., Toro, J., Lance-Le Cornec, S., and Robion, P., 2001, Links between thrust emplacement and quartz Cementation in sandstone reservoirs of the eastern Venezuela basin and the eastern cordillera of Colombia, Geological Society of America- Global Meeting (June 24-28), Edinburg, UK.

Toro, J. , LeCornec-Lance, S., Bordas-Le Floch, N., Roure, F., and Sassi, W., 2001, 2-D Thermal and Kinematic Modeling of the Cordillera Oriental, Colombia, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting, (June 3-7), Denver.

Toro, J., Prokopiev, A. V., Miller, E. L., and Dumitru, T. A., 2001, Structure and Thermochronology of the South Verkhoyansk Thrust Belt, Eastern Siberia, Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr. Programs, v. 33, n. 6, p. A448.

Toro, J., Prokopiev, A.,. Miller, E.L., and Dumitru, T., 2000, Styles of deformation in the Verkhoyansk Fold and Thrust Belt, Eastern Siberia, Eos Trans. AGU, 81 (48), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T21C-26.

Toro, J., McClelland, W.C. and Ireland, T., 1999, Comparative Partial Dissolution and SHRIMP Zircon Analysis Used to Unravel Complex U-Pb Systematics in a Brooks Range Orthogneiss, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol.80, n. 46, F1081.

Cole, F., Bird, K.J., Howell, D.G., Roure, F., Valin, Z.C., Pawlewicz, M.J., Robbins, S.L., and Toro, J., 1995, Deformation and foreland basin sedimentation in the north-central Brooks Range, Alaska: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Pacific Section Meeting Abstracts, San Francisco, May 3-5, 1995.

Cole, F., Roure, F., Bird, K.J., Howell, D.G., and Toro, J., 1995, Kinematic models for the north-central Brooks Range fold and thrust belt, Killik River quadrangle, Alaska: : Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting, Fairbanks, AK, Vol. 27, No. 5, p. 10.

Gehrels, George E., Johnson, R. A.; Biggs, T. H.; Centeno-Garcia, Elena; Colburn, N. I.; Jackson, J. L.; Kruger, J. M.; Meader, N. M..; Pitts, G. S.; Restrepo, P. A.; Skirvin, S. M.; Toro, J., 1990, Detachment faults in the Black Rock Canyon area of the Santa Teresa Mountains, southeastern Arizona.: Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr. Programs; Vol. 22, No. 3, p. 25.

Miller, E.L., Amato, J. Toro, J., Wright, J.E., Fantini, R.Calvert, A., Gelman, M.L., Akinin, S.S., Natalin, B.A., 1995, Magmatism and gneiss dome genesis in the Bering Strait region: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting, Fairbanks, AK, Vol. 27, No. 5 p. 44.

Miller, E.L., Amato, J. Toro, J., Wright, J.E., Fantini, R.Calvert, A., Gelman, M.L., Akinin, S.S., Natalin, B.A., 1995, Crustal evolution of the Bering Shelf-Chukchi Sea Region: Progress report on geological studies: EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 76, No, 46, p.F592.

Miller, E.L., Amato, J. Toro, J., Wright, J.E., Fantini, R.Calvert, A., Gelman, M.L., Akinin, S.S., Natalin, B.A., 1995, Magmatism, metamorphism and deformation in the Bering Strait Region: Koolen Gneiss Dome, Chukotka, Russian Federation: EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 76, No, 46, p.F589.

Natl'in, B., Toro, J. , and Amato, J., 1996, Strike-Slip Faulting Along the Chegitun River, NW Margin of the Koolen Dome, Chukotka: EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting.
Natal'in, B., Toro, J., and Amato, J. The origin of Cretaceous metamorphic core complexes in the Bering Strait area. 1998. III International Conference on Arctic Margins. Celle (Germany) 12 - 16 October, 1998. Abstracts. p. 129-130.

Toro, J.. 1991, The termination of the Bucaramanga Fault in the Cordillera Oriental, Colombia: Comunicaciones- Departamento de Geologia, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas, Universidad de Chile , Godoy, E., et al. eds.; Vol. 42, p. 226.

Toro, J., 1994, Structure of the metamorphic core of the Brooks Range, Alaska: in Thurston, D., ed., International Conference on Arctic Margins, Magadan, Russia, p. 117.

Toro, J., and Gans, P. B., 1994, Structure and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Igikpak Gneiss, Brooks Range: Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr. Programs, v. 26, n. 7, p. 96.

Toro, J., and Gans, P. B., 1995, Is there a window into Arctic Alaska Basement at Shishakshinovik pass, Ambler River Quadrangle, Central Brooks Range?: : Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section Meeting, Fairbanks, AK, Vol. 27, No. 5 p. 82.

Maps

Grantz, A., Scholl, D., Toro, J., And Klemperer, S. 2002, Geologic Structure of Bering and Chukchi Shelves Adjacent to Bering-Chukchi Deep Seismic Transect and Tectonostratigraphic Terranes of Adjacent Landmasses, in Miller, E.L., Grantz, A. and Klemperer, S. (editors) Crustal evolution of the Bering-Chukchi region of Russia and Alaska and adjacent Arctic Ocean , Geol.Soc.Am. Ch. 6, Special Paper 360, Plate 1, scale: 1:3,000,000.

Miller, E.L., Amato, J. Toro, J., Wright, J.E., Fantini, R.Calvert, A., Gelman, M.L., Akinin, S.S., Natalin, B.A., 1995, Geologic map of the Koolen Gneiss Dome, Chukotka Peninsula, Northeast Russia, Unpublished Map, Stanford University , Stanford, CA , scale 1:50,000.

Natl'in, B., Toro, J. , and Amato, J., 1996, Geologic Map of the Chegitun Valley, Chukotka Peninsula, Alaska, Unpublished Map, Stanford University , Stanford, CA , scale 1:50,000.

Toro, J., 1996, Geologic Map of the Mt. Igikpak Area, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Brooks Range, Alaska, Unpublished Map, Stanford University , Stanford, CA , scale 1:50,000.

Toro, J. 1995, Geologic Map of Shishakshinovik Pass, Brooks Range, Alaska, Unpublished Map, Stanford University , Stanford, CA , scale 1:40,000.

Toro, J., Gehrels, G. E., Johnson, R. A.; Biggs, T. H.; Centeno-Garcia, E.; Colburn, N. I.; Jackson, J. L.; Kruger, J. M.; Meader, N. M..; Pitts, G. S.; Restrepo, P. A.; Skirvin, S. M., 1990, Geological map of the Black Rock Detachment, Santa Teresa Mountains, S.E. Arizona: Arizona Geological Survey Open File Map, scale 1:12,000.

Toro, J., 1990, Geologic Map of the Sativa Area, Cordillera Oriental, Colombia. Unpublished Map, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ , scale 1:25,000.

Toro, J., 1990, Geologic Map of the Termination of the Bucaramanga Fault, Colombia. Unpublished Map, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ , scale 1:150,000.