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. 43
Wednesday, 10 May 2006: 1:20 PM-5:00 PM

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

 

Robert B. Blodgett and Erik C. Katvala, Advocates
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Start Time
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1:20 PM
CHULITNA: SPACE ALIEN OR NOT?
CLAUTICE, Karen H., P.O. Box 83628, Fairbanks, AK 99708 and NEWBERRY, Rainer J., Geology and Geophysics, Univ of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, karenclautice@gmail.com, karenclautice@gmail.com
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1:40 PM
NEW DATA ON THE LATE PALEOZOIC OF THE ALEXANDER TERRANE AND WRANGELLIA
KATVALA, Erik Cowing, Geology and Geophysics, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada, erik@croatoan.org, erik@croatoan.org
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2:00 PM
PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF UPPER TRIASSIC SCLERACTINIAN CORALS FROM WRANGELLIA AND THE ALEXANDER TERRANE (ALASKA AND VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA)
CARUTHERS, Andrew H., Geology, The University of Montana Paleontology Center, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812 and STANLEY Jr, George D., Geology, The University of Montana Paleontology Center, Missoula, MT 59812, cherylthecat@yahoo.com, cherylthecat@yahoo.com
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2:20 PM
TRIASSIC VOLCANISM AND MAGMATISM IN THE EASTERN ALASKA RANGE, ALASKA - THE MISSING LINK IN WRANGELLIA
HULBERT, Larry John, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, STONE, Bill, Nevada Star Resource Corp, Suite 1400, 355 Burrard St, Vancouver, BC V6C 2G8, Canada, ELLIS, William T., Alaska Earth Sciences, 11401 Olive Lane, Anchorage, AK AK 99515 and DAVIS, Bill, Geol Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0E8, Canada, lhulbert@nrcan.gc.ca, lhulbert@nrcan.gc.ca
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2:40 PM
GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF THE LAKE CLARK QUADRANGLE, ALASKA, AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE TLIKAKILA COMPLEX AND THE PALEOGENE MAGMATIC HISTORY OF THE REGION
FOLEY, Cheryl1, AMATO, Jeffrey1, BOGAR, Matthew1, HEIZLER, Matthew2, ESSER, Richard P.3 and GEHRELS, George4, (1)Geological Sciences, New Mexico State Univ, MSC 3AB, PO Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003, (2)New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Rscs, Socorro, NM 87801, (3)New Mexico Geochronology Research Laboratory, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Rscs, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, (4)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, geologygirl23@hotmail.com, geologygirl23@hotmail.com
 
3:00 PM
Break
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3:20 PM
FOREARC-BASIN FACIES DEVELOPMENT IN THE TALKEETNA FORMATION, SOUTH-CENTRAL ALASKA: TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS FOR LOWER JURASSIC TERRANE RECONSTRUCTION
DRAUT, Amy, USGS Pacific Sciences Center, University of California, Santa Cruz / US Geological Survey, 400 Natural Bridges Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, CLIFT, Peter D., Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, E235 Howe-Russell-Kniffen Geoscience Complex, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 and KELEMEN, Peter, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY 10964, adraut@usgs.gov, adraut@usgs.gov
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3:40 PM
REGIONAL UPPER TRIASSIC-CRETACEOUS STRATIGRAPHY ALONG THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF WRANGELLIA, SOUTHERN ALASKA: IMPLICATIONS FOR A SHARED HISTORY OF BASIN DEVELOPMENT IN THE ALASKA RANGE SUTURE ZONE
HAMPTON, Brian A., Dept. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, RIDGWAY, Kenneth, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, O'NEILL, J. Michael, USGS, Denver Federal Center, MS 964, Denver, CO 80225 and GEHRELS, George E., Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, bhampton@purdue.edu, bhampton@purdue.edu
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4:00 PM
CRETACEOUS TIME-TRANSGRESSIVE OBLIQUE ISLAND-ARC COLLISION IN SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA: STRATIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE FROM THE KAHILTNA ASSEMBLAGE AND KUSKOKWIM GROUP
KALBAS, James L.1, RIDGWAY, Kenneth D.1 and GEHRELS, George E.2, (1)Dept. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (2)Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, jkalbas@purdue.edu, jkalbas@purdue.edu
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4:20 PM
CONSTRUCTION OF AN ISLAND ARC: A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE KODIAK AND THE TONSINA-NELCHINA TALKEETNA ARC CRUSTAL SECTIONS
FARRIS, David W., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 90089, dfarris@usc.edu, dfarris@usc.edu
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4:40 PM
IS THE WINDY-MCKINLEY TERRANE A DISPLACED FRAGMENT OF WRANGELLIA? EVIDENCE FROM NEW GEOLOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL STUDIES IN WESTERN YUKON
MORTENSEN, James K., Earth & Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada and ISRAEL, Steve, Yukon Geological Survey, PO Box 2703, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6, Canada, jmortensen@eos.ubc.ca, jmortensen@eos.ubc.ca
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