Backbone of the Americas—Patagonia to Alaska, (3–7 April 2006)

BECK, Susan L.¹, GILBERT, Hersh¹, WAGNER, Lara², ALVARADO, Patricia¹, ANDERSON, Megan³, CALKINS, Josh¹ and ZANDT, George¹, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Bldg, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077, (2)DTM, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Brad Branch Road, NW, Washington DC, 20015-1305, (3)U.S.G.S, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, beck@geo.arizona.edu, beck@geo.arizona.edu

GARCIA-CASTELLANOS, Daniel, Geophysics, ICTJA-CSIC Instituto de Ciencias de la Tierra Jaume Almera, Sole i Sabaris s/n, Barcelona, 08028, Spain, danielgc@ija.csic.es, danielgc@ija.csic.es

RIQUELME, Rodrigo¹, HÉRAIL, Gérard², MARTINOD, Joseph³, CHARRIER, Reynaldo⁴ and DARROZES, José³, (1)Departamento de Ciencias Geológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Avenida Angamos 0610, Antofagasta, Chile, (2)IRD, 14 avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France, (3)LMTG, Universite Paul Sabatier, 14 avenue Edouard Belin, 31400, Toulouse, France, (4)Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, China, rriquelme@ucn.cl, rriquelme@ucn.cl

PINTER, Nicholas, CASANOVA, Constanza and ISHMAN, Scott E., Geology Department, Southern Illinois University, 1259 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-4324, npinter@geo.siu.edu, npinter@geo.siu.edu

OKAL, Emile A., Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 and STEIN, Seth, Geological Sciences, Northwestern Univ, Locy Hall, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208, emile@earth.northwestern.edu, emile@earth.northwestern.edu

JORDAN, Teresa E.¹, MPODOZIS, Constantino², BLANCO, Nicolás³, HOKE, Gregory D.⁴ and NESTER, Peter L.¹, (1)Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-1504, (2)Sipetrol S.A, Vitacura 2736, Santiago, Chile, (3)SERNAGEOMIN, Santa María 0104, Casilla 10465, Santiago, Chile, (4)Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchinson Hall, Rochester, NY 14627, tej1@cornell.edu, tej1@cornell.edu

MCQUARRIE, Nadine, Department of Geosciences, Princeton Univ, Guyot Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, nmcq@princeton.edu, nmcq@princeton.edu

HORTON, Brian K.¹, GILLIS, Robert J.² and GROVE, Marty², (1)Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles Young Drive East, Box 951567, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, (2)Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, horton@ess.ucla.edu, horton@ess.ucla.edu

DECELLES, Peter G., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, HORTON, Brian K., Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 595 Charles Young Drive East, Box 951567, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 and CARRAPA, Barbara, Institute of Geosciences, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, D-14476, decelles@geo.arizona.edu, decelles@geo.arizona.edu

MAMANI, Mirian¹, WÖRNER, Gerhard¹ and TASSARA, Andres², (1)Geochemie, Goettingen University, Goldschmidtstr. 1, Goettingen, 37077, (2)Institute für Geologische Wissentschaften, Frei Universität Berlin, Berlin, D-12249, Germany, mmirian@gwdg.de, mmirian@gwdg.de

HOKE, Gregory D., Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, 227 Hutchinson Hall, Rochester, NY 14627 and GARZIONE, Carmala N., Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Univ of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, gdhoke@earth.rochester.edu, gdhoke@earth.rochester.edu