Topographic Development History of the Alaska Range

The overall goal of this project is to use variations in sediment source through time as a proxy for deciphering the uplift history of the Alaska Range (Fig. 1). In particular, we tracked variations in sediment provenance through time for the Oligocene to present Tanana Basin. The three main sedimen...

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Main Author: Davis, Kailyn N.
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11122/3442
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Summary:The overall goal of this project is to use variations in sediment source through time as a proxy for deciphering the uplift history of the Alaska Range (Fig. 1). In particular, we tracked variations in sediment provenance through time for the Oligocene to present Tanana Basin. The three main sediment source regions are north of the Alaska Range, south of the Alaska Range, and from the Alaska Range itself (Fig. 2). Furthermore, we will use the sediment source interpretation to test the hypothesis that the Nenana River changed direction during the Miocene (23 Ma to 5.3 Ma) (e.g. Brennan, 2012)