Roadside Geology of Alaska
by Cathy Connor
Roadside Geology of Alaska (Second Edition)
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| Preface |
ix |
| Geologic History of Alaska |
1 |
| Understanding the Earth |
1 |
| Alaska's Modern Tectonic Environment |
4 |
| Terranes of the North country |
9 |
| Proterozoic Eon |
11 |
| Paleozoic Era |
11 |
| Supercontinent Pangea and the Permian Extinction |
14 |
| Mesozoic Era |
15 |
| Rotation of Arctic Alaska |
17 |
| Mesozoic Basins and the Accretion of the Insular Superterrane |
18 |
| Cretaceous Inland Sea and Arctic Dinosaurs |
19 |
| Cenozoic Era |
21 |
| Wandering Resurrection Ridge |
21 |
| Dextral Strike-Slip Faults |
25 |
| Pleistocene Ice Ages |
26 |
| Bering Sea Shelf |
31 |
| Holocene and Anthropocene |
34 |
| Glacier Movement and Erosion |
35 |
| Permafrost and the Warming Climate |
40 |
| Natural Resources |
46 |
| Alaska's Marine Transportation |
48 |
| A Record of Human Culture |
50 |
| Southeast Alaska and Coastal British Columbia |
51 |
| Terranes of Southeast Alaska |
53 |
| Alexander Terrane |
54 |
| Taku Terrane |
58 |
| Gravina Belt |
58 |
| Coast Plutonic Complex and Coast Shear Zone |
59 |
| Queen Charlotte - Fairweather Transform Fault |
60 |
| Glaciation and Sea Level |
61 |
| Guides to Southeast Alaska and Coastal British Columbia |
64 |
| North Vancouver Island - Prince Rupert |
64 |
| Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands) |
67 |
| Ketchikan Area |
70 |
| Misty Fjords National Monument |
73 |
| Prince of Wales Island |
77 |
| Baranof Island, Kruzof Islands and Sitka |
80 |
| Wrangell and Petersburg Areas |
84 |
| Mt. Edziza Provincial Park |
88 |
| Juneau and Haines Areas |
96 |
| Haines Highway: Haines - Haines Junction |
109 |
| Tatshenshini - Alsek Provincial Park |
113 |
| Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve |
116 |
| South-Central Alaska and the Aleutions |
123 |
| Yakutat Plate |
123 |
| Aleutian Subduction Zone and Its Volcanoes |
124 |
| The Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964 |
127 |
| Terranes of South-Central Alaska |
131 |
| Wrangellia Terrane |
131 |
| Peninsular Terrane |
131 |
| Chugach and Prince William Terranes |
133 |
| Yakutat Terrane |
135 |
| Glacial Lake Ahtna |
135 |
| Guides to South-Central Alaska |
137 |
| Seward highway: Anchorage - Seward |
137 |
| Kenai Fjords National Park |
143 |
| Sterling Highway: Tern Lake - Homer |
145 |
| Glenn Highway: Anchorage - Glennallen - Tok |
150 |
| Richardson Highway: Delta Junction - Valdez |
157 |
| Edgerton Highway and McCarthy Road (Wrangell - St. Elias National Park and Preserve) |
170 |
| Parks Highway: Wasilla - Fairbanks |
178 |
| Denali National Park and Preserve |
193 |
| Kodiak Island |
197 |
| Katmai National Park and Preserve |
202 |
| Lake Clark National Park and Preserve |
205 |
| Interior Alaska and Adjacent Parts of the Yukon |
210 |
| Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province |
213 |
| Terranes in the Interior |
215 |
| Cassiar Terrane |
215 |
| Yukon-Tanana Terrane |
216 |
| Stikine, Quesnel, and Cache Creek Terranes |
216 |
| Seventymile (Slide Mountain) Terrane |
217 |
| Guides to Interior Alaska and Adjacent Parts of the Yukon |
219 |
| Taylor Highway: Tetlin Junction - Eagle |
219 |
| Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve |
223 |
| Fairbanks Area |
225 |
| Klondike Highway: Skagway - Whitehorse - Dawson |
230 |
| Alaska Highway: Whitehorse - Delta Junction |
244 |
| Klluane National Park |
247 |
| Arctic Alaska |
256 |
| Formation of the Brooks Range |
256 |
| Brooks Rande Glaciations |
260 |
| Northern Alaska Coal |
260 |
| Oil on the North Slope |
262 |
| Avak Crater |
264 |
| Guides to Arctic Alaska |
265 |
| Dalton Highway: Livengood - Deadhorse (Prudhoe Bay) |
265 |
| Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve |
272 |
| Arctic National Wildlife Refuge |
275 |
| Glossary |
278 |
| References |
286 |
| Index |
294 |
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