Geologic map of Southern Prince of Wales Island, Southeastern Alaska: Supplement 1 from "Geologic and Tectonic Evolution of Annette, Gravina, Duke, and Southern Prince of Wales Islands, Southeastern Alaska" (Thesis)

• Main Author: Gehrels, George Ellery
• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: CaltechDATA 1986
• Subjects: Prince of Wales Islands; Alexander terrane; southeastern Alaska; Descon Formation; volcanic rocks; plutonic rocks; gps; thesis; phd; Yukon; Transantarctic Mountains; Pacific; New Zealand; Byrd; Prince of Wales Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.22002/d1.1761; https://data.caltech.edu/records/1761

Annette, Gravina, Duke, and southern Prince of Wales Islands are underlain primarily by Cambrian (and perhaps Proterozoic) through Triassic volcanic, sedimentary, plutonic, and metamorphic rocks. These rocks belong to the Alexander terrane, which is a coherent tectonic fragment that underlies much o...