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

MILLER, Robert B.¹, WHITNEY, Donna L.², BOWRING, Samuel A.³, DORAN, Brigid¹ and MCLEAN, Noah³, (1)Department of Geology, San Jose State Univ, San Jose, CA 95192-0102, (2)Geology & Geophysics, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (3)Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, rmiller@geosun.sjsu.edu, rmiller@geosun.sjsu.edu

BAILLEY, Treasure L., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Campus Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309 and FARMER, G. Lang, University of Colorado - Boulder, PO Box 399, Boulder, CO 80309-0399, Treasure.Bailley@colorado.edu, Treasure.Bailley@colorado.edu

KIMBROUGH, David L., Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-1020 and GROVE, Marty, Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, dkimbrough@geology.sdsu.edu, dkimbrough@geology.sdsu.edu

MAHONEY, J. Brian, Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 54702, KIMBROUGH, David L., Department of Geological Sciences, SDSU, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, GROVE, Marty, Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567, JACOBSON, Carl E., Dept of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State Univ, Ames, IA 50011-3212 and MUSTARD, Peter S., Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada, mahonej@uwec.edu, mahonej@uwec.edu

GILBERT, Hersh¹, VELASCO, Aaron A.² and ZANDT, George¹, (1)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Gould-Simpson Bldg, Tucson, AZ 85721-0077, (2)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX 79968, hgilbert@geo.arizona.edu, hgilbert@geo.arizona.edu

ALVAREZ, Román, Instituto de Investigaciones en Matemáticas Aplicadas y en Sistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria S/N, México, DF, 04510, Mexico, LÓPEZ-LOERA, Héctor, División de Geociencias Aplicadas, Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A. C, Camino a la Presa de San José 2055, San Luis Potosí, S.L.P, 78216, Mexico and ARZATE, Jorge, Centro de Geociencias, universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Campus Juriquilla UNAM, Carretera San Luis Potosí km 15.5, Querétaro, Qro, 76230, Mexico, ralva@prodigy.net.mx, ralva@prodigy.net.mx

WRIGHT, James E., Department of geology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 and WYLD, Sandra J., Geology, Univ of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, jwright@gly.uga.edu, jwright@gly.uga.edu

FAY, Noah¹, HUMPHREYS, Eugene D.¹ and COBLENTZ, David D.², (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, (2)EES-11, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, nfay@uoregon.edu, nfay@uoregon.edu

WETMORE, Paul H., Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, SCA 528, Tampa, FL 33620, DUCEA, Mihai N., Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, STAIR, Kelley N., Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 and KAYZAR, Theresa, Geosciences, Univ of Arizona, 1040 E. Fourth St, Gould-Simpson Bldg, Tucson, AZ 85721, pwetmore@cas.usf.edu, pwetmore@cas.usf.edu

STURMER, Daniel M., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV 89557 and FAULDS, James E., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557, sturmerd@unr.nevada.edu, sturmerd@unr.nevada.edu

FAULDS, James E. and HENRY, Christopher D., Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, University of Nevada, MS 178, Reno, NV 89557, jfaulds@unr.edu, jfaulds@unr.edu