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Twenty-two igneous and metamorphic rock samples were collected in a 20-km-long swath centered on the Alaska Highway between Tetlin Junction, Alaska, and the Canada border. Igneous and metamorphic rock samples were submitted to the Apatite to Zircon, Inc. laboratory (A2Z), where zircon U-Pb age analysis, using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), was performed by Paul O'Sullivan. The 15 felsic plutonic rock samples and one gabbro sample yield Cretaceous zircon U-Pb weighted-mean ages ranging from 95.7 Ma to 106.2 Ma. Zircons from a metadiorite yield a Triassic weighted-mean age of about 241.9 Ma. Metamorphic zircons from two samples with felsic igneous protoliths yield Mississippian...
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Alaska Highway Corridor,
Analyses and Sampling,
Bedrock,
Bedrock Geology, All tags...
Detrital Zircon,
Geochronology,
Geology,
Igneous Rocks,
Isotopes,
Metamorphic Rocks,
Nabesna Quadrangle,
Tanacross Quadrangle,
U-Pb,
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A physiographically prominent, approximately 40 square km plateau lies roughly 20 km east of Mount Spurr volcano, northwestern Cook Inlet region, Alaska, and comprises the preserved remnant of a volcaniclastic succession, designated in this study as map unit Qvc. Although this readily mappable package of volcaniclastic rocks has been recognized in numerous studies during the past five decades, uncertainties regarding its age and origin have persisted. We describe the general characteristics of the volcaniclastic plateau, provide new age constraints for deposits, present lithofacies descriptions and interpretations of the volcaniclastic strata, and synthesize our observations and lithofacies analysis to propose an...
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Alluvial,
Alluvial Deposits,
Bedrock,
Bedrock Geology, All tags...
Capps Glacier,
Debris Flow,
Debris Flow Deposit,
Depositional Environment,
Depositional Environments,
Detrital Zircon,
Facies Analysis,
Geochronology,
Geological Process,
Geology,
Lahar,
Lahar Runout Flow,
Liquefaction,
Mount Spurr,
Paleoenvironment,
Paleogeography,
STATEMAP Project,
Sediment Transport,
Sedimentary,
Sedimentary Rocks,
Sedimentation,
Sedimentology,
Tyonek Quadrangle,
U-Pb,
Volcaniclastics,
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