GSA Connects 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado

Session No. 76
Monday, 10 October 2022: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Mile High Ballroom 3C (Colorado Convention Center)

T23. The Geological Evolution of Northern Alaska: A Session in Honor of Charles ″Gil″ Mull

GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division; GSA Sedimentary Geology Division

 

Justin Strauss, David Houseknecht and Marwan Wartes, Advocates
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Start Time
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
PULSED DEEPWATER CARBON BURIAL IN ARCTIC ALASKA DURING MIDDLE CRETACEOUS GREENHOUSE OCEANIC ANOXIC EVENTS (OAE1D, OAE2, AND HITCH WOOD)
LEASE, Richard1, WHIDDEN, Katherine2, DUMOULIN, Julie1, HOUSEKNECHT, David3, WARDEN, Augusta4, DREIER, Mark F.4, KYLANDER-CLARK, Andrew R.C.5, ROUSE, William6, BOTTERELL, Palma6 and SELF-TRAIL, Jean7, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Denver, CO 80225, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, VA 20192, (4)Central Energy Resources Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO 80225, (5)Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, (6)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy and Minerals Science Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS-954, Reston, VA 20192-0002, (7)U.S. Geological Survey, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, VA 20192
8:20 AM
GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ORGANIC FACIES CHARACTERIZATION OF CRETACEOUS SOURCE ROCKS AT THE JAGO RIVER OUTCROP IN ANWR, ARCTIC ALASKA
BOTTERELL, Palma1, SANDERS, Margaret2, WHIDDEN, Katherine3, LEASE, Richard4, ROUSE, William1 and HOUSEKNECHT, David5, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy and Minerals Science Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS-954, Reston, VA 20192-0002, (2)Geology, Energy, and Minerals Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Denver, CO 80225, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, VA 20192
8:35 AM
INCORPORATING DIGITAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES INTO OUTCROP INVESTIGATIONS OF ALASKA’S NORTH SLOPE STRATIGRAPHY
FLAIG, Peter1, VAN DER KOLK, Dolores1, HERRIOTT, Trystan2 and WARTES, Marwan2, (1)Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78758, (2)Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), Fairbanks, AK 99709
8:50 AM
CRETACEOUS TO PALEOGENE EVOLUTION OF NORTH CHUKCHI FOLD-AND-THRUST BELT AND WEDGE-TOP BASINS
HOUSEKNECHT, David, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, VA 20192 and CONNORS, Christopher, Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192
9:05 AM
COMPLEX SUBSURFACE NORMAL FAULT ARCHITECTURE RELATED TO MULTIPHASE EXTENSIONAL EVENTS AT THE BEAUFORT MARGIN, NORTHERN ALASKA
TATARIN, Triffon J. and KATTENHORN, Simon, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, CPISB 101, Anchorage, AK 99508
9:20 AM
PALEOZOIC FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS IN ARCTIC ALASKA AND THE ADJACENT OFFSHORE REGION
CONNORS, Christopher1, CRADDOCK, William H.2, HOUSEKNECHT, David3, DUMOULIN, Julie4, LEASE, Richard4 and HELLER, Sanuel5, (1)Department of Earth and Environmental Geoscience, Washington and Lee University, 204 West Washington Street, Lexington, VA 24450; Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, VA 20192, (3)Eastern Energy Resources Science Center, U. S. Geological Survey, 956 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, (5)Central Energy Resources Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 939, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225
 
9:35 AM
Break
9:50 AM
LA-ICPMS–CA-TIMS TANDEM DATING OF DETRITAL ZIRCON: INSIGHTS FROM N=1 MDAS OF MID-CRETACEOUS COLVILLE FORELAND BASIN STRATA, SLOPE MOUNTAIN, NORTHERN ALASKA
HERRIOTT, Trystan1, CROWLEY, James L.2, WARTES, Marwan1, LEPAIN, David L.1 and SCHMITZ, Mark D.2, (1)Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS), Fairbanks, AK 99709, (2)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725
10:05 AM
10:20 AM
GEOLOGY AND U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE ERNIE LAKE AREA, CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE (ALASKA): IMPLICATIONS FOR CRETACEOUS ALLOCHTHON STACKING, PALINSPASTIC RESTORATIONS, AND PRE-CRETACEOUS ARCTIC TECTONICS
VOGL, James1, TITUS, Jason2, MULROONEY, Laura1 and MCCLELLAND, Bill3, (1)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, (2)43526 Kirkland Ave Apt. 233, Lancaster, CA 93535, (3)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
10:35 AM
UPDATE ON THE DOONERAK FENSTER PROBLEM
TORO, Jaime, HAMMOND, Gregory and FRIER, William Patrick, Department of Geology & Geography, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506
10:50 AM
CORRELATING THE ENDICOTT MOUNTAINS ALLOCHTHON, THE AMAWK THRUST, AND THE REGIONAL PRE-MISSSISSIPPIAN UNCONFORMITY ACROSS THE MT. DOONERAK ANTIFORM INTO THE CENTRAL BELT, CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA (Invited Presentation)
MOORE, Thomas E., U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 and O'SULLIVAN, Paul, GeoSep Services, 1521 Pine Cone Road, Moscow, ID 87872-9709
11:10 AM
THE BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA, HAS A COMPLICATED HISTORY AS AN OROGEN: TRIBUTE TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF GIL MULL (Invited Presentation)
MILLER, Elizabeth, Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
 
11:30 AM
Concluding Remarks
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