Session: AAPG/GSA: Geology of the Circum-Arctic (102nd Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section, GSA, 81st Annual Meeting of the Pacific Section, AAPG, and the Western Regional Meeting of the Alaska Section, SPE (8

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PLATE TECTONIC UNCERTAINTIES IN THE CENTRAL ARCTIC OCEAN AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR PETROLEUM POTENTIAL ON THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC SHELF

SCOTT, Robert A., CASP, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, West Building, 181A Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DK, United Kingdom, robert.scott@casp.cam.ac.uk, robert.scott@casp.cam.ac.uk

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1:40 PM

A GEOPHYSICAL TRANSECT ACROSS THE ARCTIC OCEAN COLLECTED FROM THE US COAST GUARD ICEBREAKER HEALY

COAKLEY, Bernard, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska, 900 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5789, KRISTOFFERSEN, Yngve, Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen, Allegaten 41, Bergen, N-5007, Norway and HOPPER, John, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, Bernard.Coakley@gi.alaska.edu, Bernard.Coakley@gi.alaska.edu

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2:00 PM

SIBERIAN CONNECTION OF PRECAMBRIAN THROUGH TRIASSIC ROCKS OF ARCTIC ALASKA

CLOUGH, James G., Alaska Div. of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709-3707 and BLODGETT, Robert B., U.S. Geological Survey - Contractor, 4200 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, jim_clough@dnr.state.ak.us, jim_clough@dnr.state.ak.us

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2:20 PM

GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGIC EVIDENCE THAT AMERASIA BASIN, ARCTIC OCEAN WAS CREATED BY TWO PHASES OF ANTI-CLOCKWISE ROTATION

GRANTZ, Arthur, Palo Alto, CA 94303 and HART, Patrick E., Menlo Park, CA 94025, agrantz@pacbell.net, agrantz@pacbell.net

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2:40 PM

ARCTIC PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND PLATE TECTONIC EVOLUTION OF THE AMERASIAN BASIN

MILLER, Elizabeth L., Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, TORO, Jaime, Depart. of Geology & Geography, West Virginia Univ, 425 White Hall, Morgantown, WV 26506 and GEHRELS, George, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, miller@pangea.stanford.edu, miller@pangea.stanford.edu

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3:20 PM

PALEOMAGNETISM, PALEOLATITUDES AND RECONSTRUCTIONS OF NORTHEAST RUSSIA AND ALASKA

STONE, David B., Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, 903 Koyukuk Drive, P.O.Box 757320, Fairbanks, AK 99775, dstone@gi.alaska.edu, dstone@gi.alaska.edu

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3:40 PM

SEDIMENT PROVENANCE - A CIRCUM-ARCTIC PERSPECTIVE

OMMA, Jenny E.¹, SCOTT, Robert A.¹, MORTON, Andy¹, PEASE, Victoria L.², HOWARD, James P.¹ and GUO, Li¹, (1)CASP, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, West Building, 181A Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, CB3 0DH, United Kingdom, (2)Dept. of Geology and Geochemistry, Stockholm Univ, S-106 91, Stockholm, jenny.omma@casp.cam.ac.uk, jenny.omma@casp.cam.ac.uk

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4:00 PM

NORTH ALASKA UPPER CRETACEOUS TEPHRA: EURASIAN OR NORTH AMERICAN SOURCE CALDERAS?

BERGMAN, Steven C., Shell International Exploration & Production Co, Bellaire Technology Center, 3737 Bellaire Blvd, Houston, TX 77025, AKININ, V.V., Northeastern Complex Research Institute, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Verkhneportovaya 16, Magadan, 685000, Russia, DECKER, John, Black Gold Energy, Jakarta, Indonesia, MILLER, Elizabeth, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 and LAYER, Paul, Univ of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, steven.bergman@shell.com, steven.bergman@shell.com

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4:20 PM

PETROLEUM POTENTIAL OF EAST SIBERIA

PIGGOTT, Neil N.¹, GURYANOV, Alexey¹, JONES, Robert W.¹ and HOMZA, Thomas X.², (1)Chertsey Road, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, TW16 7LN, United Kingdom, (2)Chertsey Road, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex, TW16 7LN, United Kingdom, Present Address: Shell Exploration & Production Company, 3601 C Street, Anchorage, AK 99503, alexey.guryanov@uk.bp.com, alexey.guryanov@uk.bp.com

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4:40 PM

CLASTS FROM WELL CORES AND PALYNOLOGY SUGGEST A MID TO LATE TURONIAN AGE FOR THE AVAK IMPACT FEATURE NEAR BARROW, ALASKA

BANET Jr, Arthur C., 3050 Flyway Ave, Anchorage, AK 99516, FENTON, J.P.G., Fugro Roberston Ltd, North Wales, LLandudno, LL30 1SA, United Kingdom and BUTHMAN, David, Anchorage, AK 99509, arthur.banet@mms.gov, arthur.banet@mms.gov

102nd Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section, GSA, 81st Annual Meeting of the Pacific Section, AAPG, and the Western Regional Meeting of the Alaska Section, SPE (8–10 May 2006)

T3. AAPG/GSA: Geology of the Circum-Arctic