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)

Session No. 33
Wednesday, 10 May 2006: 8:20 AM-11:20 AM

T8. GSA: Accreted Terranes of Western North America: An Update on Current Research on the Construction of the Cordillera II

 

Robert B. Blodgett and Erik C. Katvala, Advocates
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CRUSTAL EVOLUTION AS SEEN IN A TRANSECT ACROSS ALASKA, FROM PACIFIC TO ARCTIC MARGINS
FUIS, Gary S.1, MOORE, Thomas E.2, BEAUDOIN, Bruce C.3, BROCHER, Thomas M.2, CHRISTENSEN, Nikolas I.4, FISHER, Michael A.2, LEVANDER, Alan R.5, NOKLEBERG, Warren J.6, PAGE, Robert A.7 and PLAFKER, George7, (1)U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Mail Stop 977, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (3)New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801, (4)Univ Wisconsin - Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706-1692, (5)Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, (6)US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3561, (7)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, fuis@usgs.gov, fuis@usgs.gov
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TWO MODES OF TERRANE ACCRETION IN THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA REVEALED BY LITHOPROBE SEISMIC SURVEYING
VAN DER VELDEN, Arie J., Geology and Geophysics, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. N.W, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada and COOK, Frederick A., University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, dvajvan@ucalgary.ca, dvajvan@ucalgary.ca
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THE FIRST RECORD OF DINOSAURIA AND FOSSIL AVES FROM THE LOWER CANTWELL FORMATION (LATEST CRETACEOUS), DENALI NATIONAL PARK
FIORILLO, Anthony R., Dallas Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 150349, Dallas, TX 75315, MCCARTHY, Paul J., Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, and Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755780, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5780 and BREITHAUPT, Brent H., Geological Museum, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, tfiorillo@dmnhnet.org, tfiorillo@dmnhnet.org
 
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LATE TRIASSIC GASTROPOD FAUNAS OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA - A USEFUL TOOL IN TERRANE ANALYSIS
BLODGETT, Robert B., U.S. Geological Survey - Contractor, 4200 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, FRYDA, Jiri, Czech Geological Survey, Klarov 3/131, 118 21 Praha 1, Czech Republic and STANLEY Jr, George D., Geology, The University of Montana Paleontology Center, Missoula, MT 59812, rblodgett@usgs.gov, rblodgett@usgs.gov
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COLLISION OF THE OLYUTORSKY TERRANE, KAMCHATKA
GARVER, John I., Geology Department, Union College, 807 Union AVE, Schenectady, NY 12308, SOLOVIEV, Alex, Institute of the Lithosphere of Marginal Seas, Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Academy of Sciences, Staromonetny per., 22, Moscow, 119180, Russia and BRANDON, Mark T., Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, garverj@union.edu, garverj@union.edu
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INTERMONTANE AND INSULAR SUPERTERRANES: SEPARATED BY AN OCEAN BASIN FROM LATEST TRIASSIC TO LATE CRETACEOUS TIME
JOHNSTON, Stephen T., School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Bob Wright Centre, PO Box 3065 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3V6, Canada, CANIL, Dante, Victoria, BC V8W 3P2, Canada and HEAMAN, Larry, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, stj@uvic.ca, stj@uvic.ca
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MAJOR TECTONIC PROCESSES ILLUSTRATED IN A PHANEROZOIC MODEL FOR ALASKA AND THE CANADIAN CORDILLERA
NOKLEBERG, Warren J., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, SCOTESE, Christopher R., Geology, U. Texas at Arlington, PALEOMAP Project, 700 Tanglewood Lane, Arlington, TX 76012 and MONGER, James W.H., Geological Survey of Canada, 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada, wnokleberg@usgs.gov, wnokleberg@usgs.gov
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