2001
Qayyum Mazhar, Niem, A. R., and Lawrence, R. D., Detrital modes and provenance of the Paleogene Khojak Formation
in Pakistan: implications on early Himalayan orogeny and unroofing: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 113,
no. 3, p. 320-332.
Prothero, D. R., Sanger, Elizabeth, Nesbitt, Elizabeth,
Niem, Alan, and Kleibacker, Derik, Magnetic stratigraphy and tectonic rotation of the upper middle Eocene
Cowlitz and Hamlet formations, western Oregon and Washington; in Prothero, D. R., ed., Magnetic stratigraphy of
the Pacific Coast Cenozoic: Pacific Section SEPM, Book 91, p. 75-95.
Prothero, D. R., Bitboul, C. Z., Moore, G. W., and
Niem, Alan, Magnetic stratigraphy and tectonic rotation of the Oligocene Alsea, Yaquina, and Nye formations,
Lincoln County, Oregon; in Prothero, D. R., ed., Magnetic stratigraphy of the Pacific Coast Cenozoic: Pacific Section
SEPM, Book 91, p. 184-194.
2000
Wells, R.E., Jayko, A.S., Niem, A.R., Black, G., Wiley, T., Baldwin, E., Molenaar, K.M., Wheeler, K.L., DuRoss,
C.B., and Givler, R.W., 2000, Geologic map and database of the Roseburg 30' x 60' Quadrangle, Douglas and Coos Counties,
Oregon, Paleontological database by Bukry, D., Elder, W., McKeel, D., Marincovich, L., Niem, W., and Givler, R.W.,
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-376, 55 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:100,000, http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of00-376.
1999
Ryu, In-Chang and Niem, A. R., Tectonic influences on sequence architecture at a convergent margin, southern Eocene
Tyee basin, Oregon Coast Range; Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 69, no. 2, p. 384-393.
1998
Ryu, In-Chang and Niem, A. R., Sandstone diagenesis and reservoir characteristics of the Eocene Tyee basin, southern
Oregon Coast Range: viewed from sequence stratigraphic framework: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual
Meeting Extended Abstracts, #570, 6 p.
1997
Qayyum, Mazhar, Lawrence, R. D., and Niem, A. R., Molasse-Delta-Flysch continuum of the Himalayan orogeny and closure
of the Paleogene Katawaz Remnant ocean, Pakistan: International Geology Review, v. 39, p. 861-875.
Qayyum, Mazhar, Lawrence, R. D., and Niem, A. R., Discovery
of the palaeo-Indus delta-fan complex: Journal of the Geological Society, London, v. 154, p. 753-756.
1996
Goldfinger, C., Kulm, L. D., Yeats, R. S., Hummon, C., Huftile, G. J., Niem, A. R., and McNeill, L. C., Oblique
strike-slip faulting of the Cascadia submarine forearc: the Daisy Bank fault zone off central Oregon; in Bebout,
G. E., Scholl, D. W., Kirby, S. H., and Platt, J. P., eds., Subduction: top to bottom: American Geophysical Union,
Monograph 96, p. 65-74.
Ryu, InChang, Niem, A. R. and Niem, W. A., Oil and
gas potential of the Tyee Basin, southern Oregon Coast Range: Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, Oil
and Gas Investigation 19, 141 p.
Qayyum, Mazhar, Niem, A. R., and Lawrence, R. D., Newly
discovered Paleogene deltaic sequence in Katawaz basin, Pakistan, and its tectonic implications: Geology, v. 24,
p. 835-838.
Snavely, P. D., Jr., Niem, A. R., MacLeod, N. S., and
Calhoun, Tracy, 1996, Geologic map of the Cascade Head area, northwestern Oregon Coast Range: U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 96-0571, scale 1:24,000.
1995
Brouwers, Elisabeth, Marincovich, Louie, Jr., Ryu, In-Chang, and Niem, Alan, Paleogeography, paleoecology,
and biostratigraphy of upper Paleocene to middle Eocene units of the Tyee basin, southwest Oregon; in Fritsche,
A. E., ed., Cenozoic paleogeography of the western United States-- II: Pacific Section, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary
Geology), book 75, p. 246-256.
McKnight, B. K., Niem, A. R., Kociolek, P., and Renne,
P., Origin of a freshwater-diatom-rich pyroclastic-debris-flow deposit in a shallow-marine Tertiary forearc basin,
NW Oregon: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. A65, no. 3, p. 505-512.
1994
Niem, A. R., McKnight, B. K., Meyer, H. J. and Campbell, K. A., 1994, Sedimentary, volcanic, and tectonic framework
of forearc basins and the Mist Gas Field, northwest Oregon; in Swanson, D. A. and Haugerud, R. A., eds., Geologic
field trips in the Pacific Northwest: 1994 Geological Society of America, AnnualMeeting, Seattle, v. 1, section
F, p. 1-42.
Niem, A. R. and Wermiel, Dan, 1994, Onshore-offshore
geologic cross sections, northern Oregon Coast Range to continental slope; in Dellagiarino, G., Masterson, A. R.,
and Miller, L. A., eds., Studies related to continental margins--a summary of year-five and year-six activities:
(Third Symposium, Nov. 15-18, 1992), Minerals Management Service, and Continental Margins Committee, Association
of American State Geologists, Austin, TX, p. 162-164.
1993
Snavely, P. D., Jr., MacLeod, N. S., Niem, A. R., and Minasian, D. L., Geologic map of the Cape Flattery area, northwestern
Olympic Peninsula, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Investigations MI-1946, scale 1:48,000.
1992
Ryu, InChang, Niem, A. R., and Niem, W. A., Schematic fence diagram of the southern Tyee Basin, Oregon Coast Range,
showing stratigraphic relationships of exploration wells to surface measured section: Oregon Department of Geology
and Mineral Industries Oil and Gas Investigation 18, 1 plate, 30 p.
Niem, A. R., MacLeod, N. S., Snavely, P. D., Jr., Huggins,
David, Fortier, J. D., Meyer, H. J., Seeling, A. F., and Niem, W. A., Onshore-offshore geologic cross section, northern
Oregon Coast Range to continental slope: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Special Paper 26, 1
plate, 10 p.
Niem, A. R., Snavely, P. D., Jr., and Niem, W. A.,
Collision and emplacement of accretionary coastal terranes -- Olympic Mountains core rocks; in Burchfiel, B. C.,
Lipman, P. W., and Zoback, M. L., eds., The Cordilleran Orogen: Conterminous U.S.: Geological Society of America
The Geology of North America, volume G-3, p. 278 - 281.
Niem, W. A., Niem, A. R., and Snavely, P. D., Jr. Early
and Mid-Tertiary oceanic realm and continental margin -- western Washington-Oregon coastal sequence; in Burchfiel,
B. C., Lipman, P. W., and Zoback, M. L., eds., The Cordilleran Orogen: Conterminous U.S.: Geological Society of
America The Geology of North America, volume G-3, p. 265-270.
Niem, W. A., Niem, A. R., and Snavely, P. D., Jr.,
Late Cenozoic continental margin of the Pacific Northwest -- Sedimentary embayments of the Washington-Oregon coast;
in Burchfiel, B. C., Lipman, P. W., and Zoback, M. L., eds., The Cordilleran Orogen: Conterminous U.S.: Geological
Society of America The Geology of North America, volume G-3, p.314-319.
1991
Niem, A. R. and Snavely, P. D., Jr., Geology and preliminary hydrocarbon evaluation of the Tertiary Juan de Fuca
basin, Olympic Peninsula, NW Washington: Washington Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geology and Earth
Resources, Washington Geology, v. 19, no. 4, p. 27-34.
1990
Niem, A. R., Snavely, P. D., Jr., and Niem, W. A., Onshore-offshore geologic cross section from the Mist Gas Field,
northern Oregon Coast Range, to the northwest Oregon continental shelf and slope: Oregon Department of Geology and
Mineral Industries Continental Margin Transect OGI-17, 1 plate, 46 p.
1989
Kvenvolden, K. A. and Niem, A. R., Hydrocarbon gases in sediments of the Solomon Islands area; in Vedder, J. G.
and Bruns, T. R. (eds.), Geology and offshore resources of Pacific Island arcs-- Solomon Islands and Bougainville,
Papua New Guinea regions: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 12,
p. 283-286.
Niem, A. R., Coral and limestone, carbonate cements
in siliciclastic rocks, and chalk from dredge samples, Solomon Islands and Bougainville, Papua New Guinea; in Vedder,
J. G. and Bruns, T. R. (eds.), Geology and offshore resources of Pacific Island arcs--Solomon Islands and Bougainville,
Papua New Guinea regions: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 12,
p. 175-202.
Colwell, J. B., Niem, A. R., and Niem, W. A., Sedimentology
and clay mineralogy of Quaternary sediments from New Georgia Sound, Solomon Islands; in Vedder, J. G. and Bruns,
T. R. (eds.), Geology and offshore resources of Pacific Island arcs--Solomon Islands and Bougainville, Papua New
Guinea regions: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources, Earth Science Series, v. 12, p. 203-225.
Crook, K. A. W. and Niem, A. R., Petrology and phase
chemistry of siliciclastic sedimentary rocks dredged from offshore sites in the Solomon Islands and near Bougainville,
Papua New Guinea; in Vedder, J. G. and Bruns, T. R. (eds.), Geology and offshore resources of Pacific Island arcs--
Solomon Islands and Bougainville, Papua New Guinea regions: Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources,
Earth Science Series, v. 12, p. 149-173.
1988
Niem, A. R., Astoria area, Column 9; in Hull, D. A., Armentrout, J. M., Hintze, L. F., Beaulieu, J. D., and Rau,
W. W., regional coordinators, Correlation of stratigraphic units of North America (COSUNA) project - Northwest Region:
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, sheet 1.
1987
Anderson, J. L., Beeson, M. H., Bentley, R. D., Fecht, K. R., Hooper, P. R., Niem, A. R., Reidel, S. P., Swanson,
D. A., Tolan, T. L., and Wright, T. L., Distribution maps of stratigraphic units of the Columbia River Basalt Group;
in Schuster, J. E., ed., Selected papers on the geology of Washington: Washington Division of Geology and Earth
Resources, Bulletin 77, p. 183-195.
1985
Niem, A. R. and Niem, W. A., Geologic map of the Astoria basin, Clatsop and northernmost Tillamook counties, northwest
Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Oil and Gas Investigation 14, scale 1:100,000.
Martin, M. W., Kadri, M. M., Niem, A. R., and McKeel,
D. R., Correlation of exploration wells, Astoria basin, NW Oregon, in Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Oil and Gas Investigation 14, Plate 2.
Niem, A. R., Niem, W. A., Martin, M. W., Kadri, M.
M., and McKeel, D. R., Correlation of exploration wells, Astoria basin, NW Oregon - explanatory text for Plate 2,
in Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Oil and Gas Investigation 14, 8 p.
1984
Johnson, S. Y., Niem, W. A., Niem, A. R., Brandon, M. T., and Stewart, R. J., Geology, western Oregon and Washington:
Ocean Margin Drilling Program, Regional Atlas Series, Atlas I: Western North America continental margin and adjacent
ocean floor off Oregon and Washington: Marine Science International, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, sheets 13a, 14 and
16.
Johnson, S. Y., Niem, W. A., Niem, A. R., Brandon,
M. T., Kulm, L. D., and Stewart, R. J., Tectonic features, western Oregon and Washington: Ocean Margin Drilling
Program, Regional Atlas Series, Atlas I: Western North America continental margin and adjacent ocean floor off Oregon
and Washington: Marine Science International, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, sheet 15.
Niem, A. R. and Niem, W. A., Cenozoic geology and geologic
history of western Oregon: Ocean Margin Drilling Program, Regional Atlas Series, Atlas I: Western North America
continental margin and adjacent ocean floor off Oregon and Washington: Marine Science International, Woods Hole,
Massachusetts, sheets 17 and 18.
Niem, A. R. and Niem, W. A., Cross sections E-E'-E",
F'-F'-F", and G-G', western Oregon: Ocean Margin Drilling Program, Regional Atlas Series, Atlas I: Western
North America continental margin and adjacent ocean floor off Oregon and Washington: Marine Science International,
Woods Hole, Massachusetts, sheets 23 and 24.
1983
Niem, A. R., Stratigraphic column for the Astoria area, in Armentrout, J. M., Hull, D. A., Beaulieu, J. D., and
Rau, W. W., coordinators, Correlation of Cenozoic stratigraphic units of western Oregon and Washington: Oregon Department
of Geology and Mineral Industries Oil and Gas Investigations No. 7, 90 p. + chart.
1981
Grechin, V. I., Niem, A. R., Mahood, R. O., Alexandrova, V. A., and Sakharov, B. A., Neogene tuffs, ashes, and volcanic
breccias from offshore California and Baja California, Deep Sea Drilling Project Leg 63: Sedimentation and diagenesis:
Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project, v. 63, p. 631-657.
1980
Snavely, P. D., Jr., Niem, A. R., MacLeod, N. S., Pearl, J. E., and Rau, W. W., Makah Formation - a deep-marginal-basin
sequence of late Eocene and Oligocene age in the northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey
Professional Paper 1162-B, 28 p.
1979
Haq, Bilal, Yeats, R. S., Niem, A. R., and others, Eastern Pacific boundary currents: Geotimes, v. 24, no. 4, p.
30-31.
1978
Snavely, P. D., Jr., Niem, A. R., and Pearl, J. E., Twin River Group(upper Eocene to lower Miocene) - defined to
include the Hoko River, Makah, and Pysht formations: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1457-A, p. 111-119.
1977
Niem, A. R., Mississippian pyroclastic flow and ash-fall deposits in the deep-marine Ouachita flysch basin, Oklahoma
and Arkansas: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 88, p. 49-61.
1976
Niem, A. R., 1976, Patterns of flysch deposition and deep-sea fans in the lower Stanley Group(Mississippian),
Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma and Arkansas: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 46, no. 3, p. 633-646.- also republished
in Depositional environments and paleoecology: Environmental models in ancient sediments: Society of Economic Paleontologists
and Mineralogists Reprint Series No. 6, p. 217-230.
1975
Niem, A. R., Geology of Hug Point State Park, northwest Oregon coast: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries,
The Ore Bin, v. 37, no. 2, p. 17-36.
1974
Picha, Frantisek and Niem, A. R., Distribution and extent of beds in flysch deposits, Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas
and Oklahoma: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 44, no. 2, p. 328-335.
Niem, A. R., Wright's Point, an example of inverted
topography: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, The Ore Bin, v. 36, no. 3, p. 33-49.
1973
Niem, A. R. and Cressy, F. B., Jr., K-Ar dates from the Neahkahnie Mountain and Tillamook Head areas of the northwestern
Oregon coast: Isochron/West, v. 7, no. 3, p. 13-15.
Other Publications and Field Trip Guidebooks:
Niem, A. R., 2000, Coastal geology and landslides of
the Newport area: Northwest Energy Association, Fall annual Meeting Field Trip Guidebook, 21 p.
Niem, A. R., 1999, Sequence stratigraphy and lithofacies
of the middle Eocene Cowlitz Formation, bounding formations and volcanics, southwestern Washington and northwestern
Oregon, 41 p. + maps and charts: field trip guidebook, Weyerhaeuser Company.
Niem, A. R., 1999, Geologic field trip of the Tyee-Umpqua
and Coos Bay basins, southern Oregon Coast Range, 22 p: Advanced Sedimentology field trip guidebook, Exxon, Texaco,
Marathon, and Arco oil companies.
Niem, A. R., 1999, Inflated Yakima Basalt flows from
Wenatchee to the Sea -- Oregon Coast Range, 10 p., Geol. 502 Geology Field Trips class, Central Washington University.
Niem, A. R. and Meyer, H. J., 1995, Geology of the
Astoria Basin and Mist Gas Field, northwest Oregon: Northwest Energy Association, Annual Fall Symposium Field Trip
Guidebook, 42 p.
Niem, A. R. and Snavely, P. D., Jr., 1994, Tertiary
stratigraphy of the Juan de Fuca basin, northern Olympic Peninsula, Washington: Northwest Petroleum Association,
Fall Annual Meeting Field Trip Guidebook, 25 p.
Niem, A. R., McKnight, B. K., Pinotti, R., and Campbell,
K. A., 1992, Sedimentology and tectonic evolution of Tertiary marine forearc basins and the Mist Gas Field, northwest
Oregon: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section, Eugene, OR, Field Trip Guidebook, 125 p.
Niem, A. R., McKnight, B. K., and Meyer, H. J., 1991,
Stratigraphic and tectonic framework of Tertiary marine forearc basins and the Mist Gas Field, northwest Oregon:
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), First Annual Theme Meeting, Portland, Field Trip Guidebook, 118 p.
Oles, K. F., Johnson, J. G., Niem, A. R., and Niem,
W. A., eds., 1980, Geologic field trips in western Oregon and southwestern Washington: Oregon Department of Geology
and Mineral Industries Bulletin 101, 232 p.
Niem, A. R., Van Atta, R. O., Livingston, V. E., Jr.,
and Rau, W. W., 1973, Cenozoic geology of northwestern Oregon and adjacent southwestern Washington; in Beaulieu,
J. D., ed., Geologic field trips in northern Oregon and southern Washington: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral
Industries Bulletin 77, p. 93-132.
Niem, A. R. and Van Atta, R. O., 1973, Cenozoic stratigraphy
of northwestern Oregon and adjacent southwestern Washington; in Beaulieu, J. D., ed., Geologic field trips in northern
Oregon and southern Washington: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Bulletin 77, p. 75-89.
Niem, A. R., 1978, A model for deltaic-turbiditic sedimentation,
Miocene Astoria Formation, Pacific Northwest: 21st Annual Report on Research, American Chemical Society, p. 182-183.
Niem, A. R., and others, 1976, Geology and soils field
trip to Oregon Coast and Coast Range: field trip guide for the International Clay Minerals Society, 13th Ann. Mtg.,
Corvallis, 44 p.
Penoyer, P. E. and Niem, A. R., 1975, Geology and ground
water resources of the Kings Valley area, central Oregon Coast Range, Oregon: Water Resources Research Institute,
Bulletin WRRI-39, 92 p.
Open-File Publications (State of Oregon and U.S. Geological Survey):
Lillis, Paul G., Daws, T. A., Pawlewicz, M. J., Niem, A. R., and Ryu, In-Chang, 1995, Hydrocarbon source rock characterization and maturity based on Rock-Eval pyrolysis
and vitrinite reflectance of Eocene strata, Southern Oregon Coast Range, Douglas and Coos counties, Southwest Oregon:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-75G, 27 p.
Kvenvolden, K. A., Lorenson, T. D., and Niem, A. R.,
1995, Natural hydrocarbon gases in the Coast Range of southern Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-93,
19 p.
Niem, W. A. and Niem, A. R., 1992, Ages of rocks in
southwestern Washington and northwestern Oregon as indicated by paleontological and isotopic dates: U.S. Geological
Survey Open-File Report 92-344, 115 p. + 2 plates.
Niem, A. R. and Niem, W. A., 1990, Geology and oil,
gas, and coal resources, southern Tyee Basin, southern Coast Range, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral
Industries, Open-File Report O-89-3, 11 tables, 3 plates, 44 p.
Snavely, P. D., Jr., Niem, A. R., and MacLeod, N.S.,
1989, Geology of the coastal area between Cape Flattery and Cape Alava, Northwest Washington: U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 89-141, scale 1:24,000.
Snavely, P. D., Jr., MacLeod, N. S., Niem, A. R., and
Minasian, D. L., 1986, Geologic map of the Cape Flattery area, northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington: U.S.
Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-344B.
Wells, R. E., Niem, A. R., MacLeod, N. S., Snavely,
P. D., Jr., and Niem, W. A., 1983, Preliminary geologic map of the west half of the Vancouver (Wa.-Ore.) 1°
x 2° quadrangle, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-591, scale 1:250,000.
Snavely, P. D., Jr., Niem, A. R., MacLeod, N. S., Pearl,
J. E., and Rau, W. W., 1979, Makah Formation - a deep marginal basin sedimentary sequence of late Eocene and Oligocene
age in the northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report No. 79-581, 75 p.
