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

BRADLEY, Dwight C.¹, FRIEDMAN, Richard M.², LAYER, P.W.³, HAEUSSLER, P.J.¹, TILL, AB.¹, ROESKE, S.M.⁴ and MILLER, M.L¹, (1)USGS, Anchorage, AK 99508, (2)Earth and Ocean Sciences, Univ of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, (3)Dept. of Geol. & Geophys, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, (4)Dept of Geology, Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616, dbradley@usgs.gov, dbradley@usgs.gov

FARRIS, David W., Dept. of Earth Sciences, Univ of Southern California, 3651 Trousdale Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740 and PATERSON, Scott R., Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740, dfarris@earth.usc.edu, dfarris@earth.usc.edu

WHITE, Tim S., Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State Univ, 2217 EES Building, University Park, PA 16802, BRADLEY, Dwight C., USGS, Anchorage, AK 99508 and FRIEDMAN, Richard M., Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada, tswhite@essc.psu.edu, tswhite@essc.psu.edu

GULICK, Sean P.S.¹, WILLEMS, Bryce², FREYMUELLER, Jeffrey T.³, POWELL, Ross⁴, JAEGER, John⁵, KALBAS, Jay⁶, PAVLIS, Terry⁷, LOWE, Lindsay A.¹, MAYER, Larry⁸ and GARDNER, Jim⁸, (1)Univ Texas - Austin, 4412 Spicewood Springs Rd, Austin, TX 78759-8500, (2)Department of Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, Davis Hall 312, Normal Rd, DeKalb, IL 60115, (3)Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, 903 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320, (4)Department of Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL 60115, (5)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, 241 Williamson Hall PO Box 112120, Gainesville, FL 32611-2120, (6)Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (7)Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Univ of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA 70148, (8)Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire, 24 Colovos Road, Durham, NH 03824, sean@ig.utexas.edu, sean@ig.utexas.edu

HARRIS, Ron, Geological Sciences, Tectonic Processes Collaborative, Brigham Young Univeristy, S-349 ESC, Provo, UT 84602, rharris@byu.edu, rharris@byu.edu

KUSKY, Timothy M., St Louis Univ, 3507 Laclede Ave, Saint Louis, MO 63103-2010 and TORAMAN, Erkan, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, St. Louis University, 3507 Laclede Ave, St. Louis, MO 63103, kusky@eas.slu.edu, kusky@eas.slu.edu

KAY, Robert W., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Snee Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-1504, rwk6@cornell.edu, rwk6@cornell.edu

ROYER, Jean Yves¹, MICHAUD, François², PALLARES, Carlos³, MAURY, René C.³ and DYMENT, Jérôme⁴, (1)Domaines Oceaniques, CNRS-UBO/IUEM, Place Copernic, Plouzane, 29280, France, (2)UPMC-IRD-CNRS-UNSA- UMR 6526, Géosciences Azur and Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Departamento de Geologia, (Ecuador), B.P. 48 - Port de la Darse, Villefranche sur Mer, 06235, France, (3)Domaines Océaniques, UBO/IUEM-CNRS, Place Copernic, Plouzane, 29280, France, (4)CNRS UMR 7154, Laboratoire de Géosciences Marines, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, 4 place Jussieu, Paris, 75005, France, jyroyer@univ-brest.fr, jyroyer@univ-brest.fr

GANS, Phillip B.¹, WONG, Martin², MACMILLAN, Ian³, BLAIR, Karen D.¹, ROLDAN, Jaime⁴, TILL, Christy¹ and HERMAN, Scott¹, (1)Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9630, (2)Department of Geology, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346, (3)Geology Department, Pomona College, 609 N. College Ave, Claremont, CA 91711, (4)Instituto de Geologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Estacion Regional del Noroeste, UNAM, Apartado Postal 1039, Hermosillo, 83000, Mexico, gans@geol.ucsb.edu, gans@geol.ucsb.edu

PALLARES, Carlos¹, MAURY, René C.¹, BELLON, Hervé², ROYER, Jean Yves¹, AGUILLÓN-ROBLES, Alfredo³, CALMUS, Thierry⁴, COTTEN, Joseph², BENOIT, Mathieu¹, MICHAUD, François⁵ and BOURGOIS, Jacques⁶, (1)UMR 6538, Domaines Océaniques, UBO/IUEM-CNRS, Place Nicolas Copernic, Plouzane, 29280, France, (2)UMR 6538, Domaines Océaniques, UBO/IUEM-CNRS, 6, Av. Le Gorgeu, Brest, 29285, France, (3)Instituto de Geología, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Av. Dr. Manuel Nava no. 5, San Luis Potosí, 78240, Mexico, (4)Instituto de Geología, ERNO, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, PO Box 1039, Hermosillo, 83000, Mexico, (5)UNSA-UPMC-CNRS-IRD UMR 6526, Géosciences Azur, B.P. 48 - Port de la Darse, Villefranche sur Mer, 06235, France, (6)Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement, Petroproducción, km 6.5. via a la Costa, Guayaquil, Ecuador, jean-yves.royer@univ-brest.fr, jean-yves.royer@univ-brest.fr

FISHER, Donald¹, GARDNER, Thomas², MORELL, Kristin¹, SITCHLER, Jason¹, PROTTI, Marino³ and SANCHEZ, Joanna², (1)Department of Geosciences, Penn State Univ, University Park, PA 16802, (2)Department of Geosciences, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212, (3)Ovsicori, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica, fisher@geosc.psu.edu, fisher@geosc.psu.edu