2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)
Session No. 108 Monday, 19 October 2009
9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Oregon Convention Center: Hall A

T70. Interaction of Tectonics, Climate Change, and Eustasy in the Development of the North American Cordillera (Posters) (GSA Sedimentary Geology Division; GSA Geophysics Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division)

Authors will be present from 4 to 6 PM
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108-1238NEW CONSTRAINTS ON THE EVOLUTION OF LATE CRETACEOUS DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEMS IN THE COLVILLE FORELAND BASIN, EAST-CENTRAL NORTH SLOPE, ALASKA: WARTES, Marwan A.1, DECKER, Paul L.2, LEPAIN, David L.1, GILLIS, Robert J.1, and O'SULLIVAN, Paul3, (1) Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99709-3707, marwan.wartes@alaska.gov, (2) Division of Oil and Gas, Alaska Department of Natural Resources, 9440 Ponderosa Dr, Anchorage, AK 99507-6074, (3) Apatite to Zircon, Inc, 1075 Matson Road, Viola, ID 83872-9709
108-2239LATE PALEOZOIC STRATIGRAPHIC HISTORY AND PROVENANCE OF THE FAREWELL TERRANE, SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA: MALKOWSKI, Matthew A., Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 206 Natural Science Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, malkow12@msu.edu and HAMPTON, Brian A., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 206 Natural Science Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115
108-3240COMPARISON AND TENTATIVE CORRELATION OF DEVONIAN–TRIASSIC STRATA ACROSS TECTONIC TERRANE BOUNDARIES ALONG THE DENALI FAULT, ALASKA RANGE, SOUTHERN ALASKA: HAMPTON, Brian A., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 206 Natural Science Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115, bhampton@msu.edu, MALKOWSKI, Matthew A., Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 206 Natural Science Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, and DELOGE, Jennifer, Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 206 Natural Science Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115
108-4241ASSEMBLY OF THE WRANGELLIA OCEANIC PLATEAU: AN ACCRETED TRIASSIC LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE IN THE INSULAR BELT OF THE NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA: GREENE, Andrew R.1, SCOATES, James S.2, WEIS, Dominique2, KATVALA, Erik Cowing3, ISRAEL, Steve A.4, and NIXON, Graham T.5, (1) Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822, agreene@soest.hawaii.edu, (2) Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, 6339 Stores Road, Vancouver, BC V6T1Z4, Canada, jscoates@eos.ubc.ca, (3) Geology and Geophysics, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, (4) Yukon Geological Survey, 2099 2nd Ave, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6, Canada, (5) BC Geological Survey, Ministry of Energy and Mines, P.O. Box 9320, Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W9N3, Canada
108-5242LUDLOVIAN (LATE SILURIAN) GASTROPOD FAUNA OF THE ALEXANDER TERRANE, SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA, AND THEIR PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC SIGNIFICANCE: ROHR, David M., Earth and Physical Sciences, Sul Ross State Univ, Alpine, TX 79832, drohr@sulross.edu and BLODGETT, Robert B., Geological Consultant, 2821 Kingfisher Drive, Anchorage, AK 99502
108-6243THE ALEXANDER TERRANE – A DISPLACED FRAGMENT OF NORTHEAST SIBERIA? EVIDENCE FROM SILURIAN BRACHIOPODS AND SILURIAN-LOWER DEVONIAN STRATIGRAPHY: BLODGETT, Robert B., Geological Consultant, 2821 Kingfisher Drive, Anchorage, AK 99502, RobertBBlodgett@yahoo.com and BOUCOT, A.J., Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
108-7244THERMOCHRONOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON SMALL-SCALE VARIATIONS IN STRAIN-PARTITIONING ALONG THE DENALI FAULT, OF ALASKA: BENOWITZ, Jeff, Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775, jbenowitz@alaska.edu, PERRY, Stephanie, Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, 204 Heroy Geology Laboratory, Syracuse, NY 13244, LAYER, Paul, Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99701, FITZGERALD, P.G., Department of Earth Sciences, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, and ROESKE, Sarah, Geology Department, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
108-8245UNLOCKING OF THE HINES CREEK AND ASSOCIATED FAULTS, EASTERN ALASKA RANGE, ALASKA: EVIDENCE FOR CENOZOIC DISPLACEMENT: NOKLEBERG, Warren J., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, wnokleberg@usgs.gov and BUNDTZEN, Thomas K., Pacific Rim Geological Consulting, 4868 Old Airport Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709
108-9246DETRITAL ZIRCON GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE UPPER JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS KAHILTNA ASSEMBLAGE IN THE CLEARWATER MOUNTAINS, SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA: MOONEY, Philip R., Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, prmooney@ucdavis.edu, ROESKE, Sarah, Davis, CA 95616, and HAMPTON, Brian A., Dept. of Geological Sciences, Michigan State University, 206 Natural Science Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115
108-10247SUBDUCTION INTERFACE GEOMETRY AND STATIC STRESS TRANSFER DURING MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES, UPPER COOK INLET BASIN, ALASKA: WILLIS, Julie B., Geology, BYU-Idaho, 150 Romney, Rexburg, ID 83460, willisj@byui.edu and BRUHN, Ronald L., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Utah, 135 S 1460 E RM 716, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111
108-11248REGIONAL PALEOCENE-EOCENE EXHUMATION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN FOREARC BASIN MARGIN, SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA, RECORDED BY APATITE FISSION-TRACK THERMOCHRONOLOGY: GILLIS, Robert J.1, LEPAIN, David L.1, REIFENSTUHL, Rocky R.1, and HELMHOLD, Kenneth P.2, (1) Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709, robert.gillis@alaska.gov, (2) Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, 550 W 7th Avenue, Suite 800, Anchorage, AK 99501
108-12249INSIGHTS ON PROVENANCE OF FOREARC BASIN STRATA: U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY FROM CENOZOIC STRATA IN THE COOK INLET BASIN, ALASKA: FINZEL, Emily S.1, RIDGWAY, Kenneth1, LEPAIN, David L.2, and VALENCIA, Victor3, (1) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 500 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, efinzel@purdue.edu, (2) Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709, (3) Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpsom Bldg., Rm. 548, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077
108-13250EARLY TERTIARY EXHUMATION OF THE FLANK OF A FOREARC BASIN, SOUTHWEST TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS, ALASKA: BLEICK, Heather A.1, TILL, Alison B.1, BRADLEY, Dwight C.1, O'SULLIVAN, Paul B.2, TROP, Jeffrey M.3, WOODEN, Joseph L.4, BRADLEY, Dan B.5, TAYLOR, Theresa A.1, FRIEDMAN, Sam B.1, and HULTS, Chad P.1, (1) USGS, 4200 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, hbleick@usgs.gov, (2) Apatite to Zircon, Inc, 1075 Matson Rd, Viola, ID 83872-9709, (3) Dept. of Geology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, (4) USGS-Stanford Ion Microprobe Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, (5) Alaska Pacific University, 4101 University Dr, Anchorage, 99508
108-14251SEDIMENTOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY, AND STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK OF THE CENTRAL ARKOSE RIDGE FORMATION, TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS, ALASKA: KORTYNA, Cullen D.1, TROP, Jeffrey M.1, LECOMTE, Alysia A.2, BAUER, Edward M.1, KASSAB, Christine M.3, RIDGWAY, Kenneth D.3, and SUNDERLIN, David2, (1) Dept. of Geology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, cdk010@bucknell.edu, (2) Dept. of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042, (3) Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
108-15252SEDIMENTOLOGY,STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK, AND BASIN ANALYSIS OF THE EASTERN ARKOSE RIDGE FORMATION, TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS, ALASKA: KASSAB, Christine M.1, KORTYNA, Cullen D.2, RIDGWAY, Kenneth D.3, and TROP, Jeffrey M.2, (1) Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafeyette, IN 47907, ckassab@purdue.edu, (2) Dept. of Geology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, (3) Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
108-16253DETRITAL ZIRCON PROVENANCE ANALYSIS OF CRETACEOUS–OLIGOCENE SEDIMENTARY STRATA FROM THE MATANUSKA VALLEY-TALKEETNA MOUNTAINS FOREARC BASIN, SOUTHERN ALASKA: TROP, Jeffrey M.1, KORTYNA, Cullen D.1, KASSAB, Christine M.2, VALENCIA, Victor A.3, BRADLEY, Dwight C.4, and WOODEN, Joseph L.5, (1) Dept. of Geology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, jtrop@bucknell.edu, (2) Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafeyette, IN 47907, (3) Dept. of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (4) U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, (5) U.S.G.S.-Stanford Ion Probe Laboratory, Stanford, CA 94305
108-17254MARINE RECORDS OF FLAT SLAB SUBDUCTION INFLUENCED BY TEMPERATE GLACIATION IN THE ST. ELIAS OROGEN, GULF OF ALASKA: GULICK, Sean S.P.1, PAVLIS, Terry L.2, CHRISTESON, Gail1, JAEGER, John M.3, RIDGWAY, Kenneth D.4, WORTHINGTON, Lindsay Lowe5, REECE, Robert S.1, and HORTON, Brian K.6, (1) Institute for Geophysics, Univ of Texas at Austin, JJ Pickle Research Campus, Bldg 196 (ROC), 10100 Burnet Rd (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445, sean@ig.utexas.edu, (2) Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University, El Paso, TX 79968, (3) Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120, (4) Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2051, (5) Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, JJ Pickle Research Campus, Bldg 196, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758, (6) Institute for Geophysics and Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
108-18255CRUSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE YAKUTAT BLOCK: CONSTRAINTS FROM STEEP WIDE-ANGLE SEISMIC DATA: CHRISTESON, Gail1, VAN AVENDONK, Harm1, GULICK, Sean S.P.1, WORTHINGTON, Lindsay Lowe1, and PAVLIS, Terry L.2, (1) Institute for Geophysics, Univ of Texas at Austin, JJ Pickle Research Campus, Bldg 196 (ROC), 10100 Burnet Rd (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445, gail@ig.utexas.edu, (2) Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University, El Paso, TX 79968
108-19256STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF THE SUBMARINE PAMPLONA ZONE FOLD-THRUST BELT, ST. ELIAS OROGEN: WORTHINGTON, Lindsay Lowe1, GULICK, Sean S.P.2, PAVLIS, Terry L.3, CHRISTESON, Gail2, and REECE, Robert S.2, (1) Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, JJ Pickle Research Campus, Bldg 196, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758, lindsay@ig.utexas.edu, (2) Institute for Geophysics, Univ of Texas at Austin, JJ Pickle Research Campus, Bldg 196 (ROC), 10100 Burnet Rd (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445, (3) Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University, El Paso, TX 79968
108-20257EROSION AND DEPOSITION BY CROSS-SHELF GLACIAL ADVANCE AS A MECHANISM FOR CHANNEL INCEPTION IN THE SURVEYOR FAN, GULF OF ALASKA: REECE, Robert S., Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, JJ Pickle Research Campus, Bldg 196 (ROC), 10100 Burnet Rd. (R2200), Austin, TX 78758, rsreece@ig.utexas.edu, GULICK, Sean P.S., Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin, J.J. Pickle Research Campus (ROC), 10100 Burnet Rd. (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445, JAEGER, John M., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall, PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120, CHRISTESON, Gail, Institute for Geophysics, Univ of Texas at Austin, JJ Pickle Research Campus, Bldg 196 (ROC), 10100 Burnet Rd (R2200), Austin, TX 78758-4445, WORTHINGTON, Lindsay Lowe, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, JJ Pickle Research Campus, Bldg 196, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758, and PAVLIS, Terry L., Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University, El Paso, TX 79968
108-212583D THERMOMECHANICAL MODELING OF THE ST ELIAS TECTONIC ANEURYSM: HOOKS, Benjamin P.1, ENKELMANN, Eva2, KOONS, Peter O.1, and UPTON, Phaedra3, (1) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, benjamin.hooks@umit.maine.edu, (2) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, (3) GNS Science, Dunedin Research Center, 764 Cumberland St, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
108-22259OVERVIEW OF THE EXHUMATION PATTERN IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA: ENKELMANN, Eva, Geology, Lehigh University, 31 Williams Dr, Bethlehem, PA 18015, eva.enkelmann@lehigh.edu, ZEITLER, Peter, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, 31 Williams Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015, PAVLIS, Terry, Department of Geological Sciences, UTEP, El Paso, TX 79902, GARVER, John I., Geology Department, Union College, Olin Building, Schenectady, NY 12308-2311, and HOOKS, Benjamin P., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469
108-23260DETRITAL THERMOCHRONOLOGY REVEALS EFFICIENCY OF GLACIAL EROSION IN THE ST. ELIAS RANGE, ALASKA: HEADLEY, Rachel, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Johnson Hall 070 Box 351310, 4000 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98195, rheadley@u.washington.edu and ENKELMANN, Eva, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015
108-24261OROGENIC WIDENING IN THE QUATERNARY ARGUES AGAINST CLIMATE CONTROL OF DEFORMATION IN THE CHUGACH/ST. ELIAS OROGENIC BELT, SOUTHERN ALASKA: MEIGS, Andrew, Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331, meigsa@geo.oregonstate.edu
108-25262DEPOSITION, PROVENANCE, AND EXHUMATION OF NEOGENE STRATA IN THE SYNTAXIS OF THE CHUGACH-ST. ELIAS RANGE, SOUTHEAST ALASKA: WITMER, John W.1, RIDGWAY, Kenneth D.1, ENKELMANN, Eva2, BRENNAN, Patrick1, and VALENCIA, Victor A.3, (1) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, jwitmer@purdue.edu, (2) Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, (3) Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
108-26263STRATIGRAPHY AND PROVENANCE OF THE POUL CREEK FORMATION IN THE CHUGACH-ST. ELIAS MOUNTAINS, SOUTHEAST ALASKA: INSIGHTS ON EOCENE-MIOCENE SEDIMENTATION IN THE GULF OF ALASKA: BRENNAN, Patrick1, RIDGWAY, Kenneth1, WITMER, John1, and VALENCIA, Victor A.2, (1) Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 500 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, prbrenna@purdue.edu, (2) Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
108-27264GLACIAL-EUSTATIC CYCLICITY WITHIN THE LOWER PERMIAN JOHNSTON CANYON FORMATION, SOUTHWEST ALBERTA AND SOUTHEAST BRITISH COLUMBIA: ZUBIN-STATHOPOULOS, Kate D., Department of Geosciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, kdzubins@ucalgary.ca and HENDERSON, Charles, Geoscience, Univ of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
108-28265LATE CRETACEOUS TO PALEOGENE TECTONO-STRATIGRAPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHERN PROVO SALIENT: NEW INSIGHT FROM DETAILED MAPPING AND GROWTH STRATA ANALYSIS IN THISTLE, UT: VALORA, Parker1, ASCHOFF, Jennifer1, and TRUDGILL, Bruce2, (1) Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, parker.valora@gmail.com, (2) Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1516 Illinois Street, Golden, CO 80401
108-29266EVALUATION OF EROSION VARIABILITY AND DRAINAGE BASIN RELIEF USING DETRITAL APATITE THERMOCHRONOLOGY IN THE TETON RANGE, WYOMING: TRANEL, Lisa M.1, SPOTILA, James A.1, and BINNIE, Steven A.2, (1) Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, lmtranel@vt.edu, (2) Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9XP, United Kingdom
108-30267COMPARISON OF THE MODERN PROFILES AND DISCHARGE OF THE GREEN AND COLORADO RIVERS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EPEIROGENIC UPLIFT OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS: DARLING, Andy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Northrop Hall 141, Albuquerque, NM 87131, adarling@unm.edu, KARLSTROM, Karl, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, KIRBY, Eric, Department of Geosciences, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA 16802, and OUIMET, Will, Geology, Amherst College, 11 Barrett Hill Road, Amherst, MA 01002

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