Session: New Discoveries in Resolving the Terrane Assembly of Western North American and Northeast Asia (Cordilleran Section

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Start Time

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

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1:35 PM

THE OCEANIC CRUST OF THE ALEUTIAN BASIN IS A LARGE, TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHIC TERRANE ACCRETED TO THE NORTH AMERICA PLATE--EVIDENCE AND IODP DRILLING TO TEST THIS HYPOTHESIS

SCHOLL, David W., Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Emeritus, and USGS Emeritus, USGS 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, NOKLEBERG, Warren J., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, MONGER, James W.H., Geological Survey of Canada, #101 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5J3, Canada, BUNDTZEN, Thomas K., Pacific Rim Geological Consulting, 1129 1st Avenue, Box 81906, Fairbanks, AK 99708, PRICE, Raymond A., Dept. of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's Univ, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 and STONE, David B., Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757320, Fairbanks, AK 99775, dscholl@usgs.gov, dscholl@usgs.gov

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1:55 PM

VALIDITY OF KOLYMA-OMOLONSKYI SUPERTERRANE OR KOLYMA REGION (NORTHEAST EURASIA) FROM THE VIEW POINT OF MIDDLE PALEOZOIC PALEOGEOGRAPHY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

BARANOV, Valeryi V., Institute of Diamond and Precious Metals Geology, Yakutsk Research Center, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Lenina 39, Yakutsk, 677980, Russia and BLODGETT, Robert B., Blodgett & Associates LLC, 2821 Kingfisher Drive, Anchorage, AK 99502, baranowvalera@yandex.ru, baranowvalera@yandex.ru

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2:15 PM

A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE THE STRATIGRAPHY AND BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE PERATROVICH FORMATION AND LADRONES LIMESTONE

FREDERICK Jr., Philip A., Geosciences, Texas Tech University, 2500 Broadway, Lubbock, TX 79409, SHILLER II, Thomas, Geosciences, Texas Tech University, MS 1053, Science Building, Room 125, Lubbock, TX 79409, ROHR, David M., Biology, Geology and Physical Sciences, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX 79832 and BAICHTAL, James F., U.S. Forest Service, Tongass National Forest, Thorne Bay Ranger District, P.O. Box 19001, Thorne Bay, AK 99919, Phil.Frederick@ttu.edu, Phil.Frederick@ttu.edu

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2:35 PM

AN OVERLOOKED PERMIAN UNIT IN THE CRAIG QUADRANGLE, ALEXANDER TERRANE, SE ALASKA

BAICHTAL, James F., U.S. Forest Service, Tongass National Forest, Thorne Bay Ranger District, P.O. Box 19001, Thorne Bay, AK 99919, BLODGETT, Robert B., Blodgett & Associates LLC, 2821 Kingfisher Drive, Anchorage, AK 99502, FREDERICK Jr., Philip A., Geosciences, Texas Tech University, 2500 Broadway, Lubbock, TX 79409, ROHR, David M., Biology, Geology and Physical Sciences, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX 79832, SHILLER II, Thomas, Geosciences, Texas Tech University, MS 1053, Science Building, Room 125, Lubbock, TX 79409 and STEVENS, Calvin H., San José State University, San José, CA 95192, RobertBBlodgett@gmail.com, RobertBBlodgett@gmail.com

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2:55 PM

SIBERIAN ORIGIN OF PALEOZOIC ROCKS OF ARCTIC ALASKA-CHUKOTKA AND SOME SOUTHERN ALASKAN TERRANES: EVIDENCE FROM MEGAFOSSIL AND PALEOMAGNETIC DATA

CLOUGH, James G., Alaska Div. of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 3354 College Road, Fairbanks, AK 99709, BLODGETT, Robert B., Blodgett & Associates LLC, 2821 Kingfisher Drive, Anchorage, AK 99502, TORSVIK, Trond H., Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED), University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, 0316, Norway, STONE, David B., Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757320, Fairbanks, AK 99775 and BARANOV, Valeryi, Institute of Diamond and Precious Metals Geology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk Research Center, Siberian Division, pr. Lenina 39, Yakutsk, 677980, Russia, jim.clough@alaska.gov, jim.clough@alaska.gov

3:15 PM

Break

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3:30 PM

E-BOOK PUBLICATION ON DYNAMIC GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN CORDILLERA (ALASKA AND WESTERN CANADA)

NOKLEBERG, Warren J., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, MONGER, James W.H., Geological Survey of Canada, 605 Robson Street, Vancouver, CA V6B 5J3, BUNDTZEN, Thomas K., Pacific Rim Geological Consulting, 1129 1st Avenue, Box 81906, Fairbanks, AK 99708, PRICE, Raymond A., Dept. of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen's Univ, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, SCHOLL, David W., Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Emeritus, and USGS Emeritus, USGS 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and STONE, David B., Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, 903 Koyukuk Drive, P O Box 757320, Fairbanks, AK 99775, wnokleberg@usgs.gov, wnokleberg@usgs.gov

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3:50 PM

NORTHERN CORDILLERA TECTONIC MODEL

MONGER, James W.H.¹, NOKLEBERG, Warren J.², PRICE, Raymond A.³, BUNDTZEN, Thomas K.⁴, MOORE, Thomas E.², SCHOLL, David⁵ and STONE, David B.⁶, (1)Gelogical Survey of Canada; (Natural Resources Canada) (emeritus scientist), 238, Elizabeth Drive, Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 1K8, Canada, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (3)Geological Sciences and Engineering, Queens University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada, (4)Pacific Rim Geological Consulting, 1129 1st Avenue, Box 81906, Fairbanks, AK 99708, (5)Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks and U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS 999, Menlo Park, CA 94025, (6)Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757320, Fairbanks, AK 99775, jwhmonger@gmail.com, jwhmonger@gmail.com

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4:10 PM

NEW U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY AND FOSSIL AGE CONTROL, EARN GROUP NEAR ANVIL LAKE, CENTRAL YUKON

COBBETT, Rose, Yukon Geological Survey, 91807 Alaska Hwy, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 2C6, Canada, CROWLEY, Jim, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725-1535, CORDEY, Fabrice, Sciences de la Terre, Université Lyon 1, UMR 5125 PEPS, CNRS, Campus La Doua, Villeurbanne, 69622, France, HENDERSON, Charles M., Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 and BLODGETT, Robert B., Blodgett & Associates LLC, 2821 Kingfisher Drive, Anchorage, AK 99502, Rosie.Cobbett@gov.yk.ca, Rosie.Cobbett@gov.yk.ca

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4:30 PM

TERRANE CONCEPT, HELP OR HINDRANCE? AN ALASKA PERSPECTIVE

WILSON, Frederic H., Alaska Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, fwilson@usgs.gov, fwilson@usgs.gov

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4:50 PM

EARLY AND MIDDLE DEVONIAN BRACHIOPODS FROM SOUTHERN ALASKA – IMPLICATIONS FOR PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY AND TERRANE ACCRETION

BLODGETT, Robert B., Blodgett & Associates LLC, 2821 Kingfisher Drive, Anchorage, AK 99502 and BARANOV, Valeryi V., Institute of Diamond and Precious Metals Geology, Yakutsk Research Center, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Lenina 39, Yakutsk, 677980, Russia, RobertBBlodgett@gmail.com, RobertBBlodgett@gmail.com

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5:10 PM

TABULATA AND HELIOLITOIDEA CORALS FROM THE LOWER DEVONIAN (PRAGIAN) SODA CREEK LIMESTONE, FAREWELL TERRANE, WEST-CENTRAL ALASKA

ZAIKA, Yury V., United Enterprise "Geoservice", Kropotkina Street 89, Minsk, 220002, Belarus, BLODGETT, Robert B., Blodgett & Associates LLC, 2821 Kingfisher Drive, Anchorage, AK 99502 and BARANOV, Valeryi V., Institute of Diamond and Precious Metals Geology, Yakutsk Research Center, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Lenina 39, Yakutsk, 677980, Russia, yu_z@tut.by, yu_z@tut.by

Cordilleran Section - 111th Annual Meeting (11–13 May 2015)

T2. New Discoveries in Resolving the Terrane Assembly of Western North American and Northeast Asia