The tectonic evolution of the eastern Yukon Tanana Upland, Alaska

• Main Author: Cushing, Grant W.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholars Archive 1984
• Subjects: Tectonics; Yukon Tanana Upland. terrane accretion. Eagle Quadrangle; Geology; Tectonics and Structure; Alaska; Yukon
• Online Access: https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/cas_daes_geology_etd/18; https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/context/cas_daes_geology_etd/article/1017/viewcontent/cushingmstxt.pdf

Field, structural, and isotopic studies in the southeastern Eagle Quadrangle reveal a complex Mesozoic history involving major metamorphism, fold development, thrusting, and igneous intrusion. These events may be related to the accretion of a terrane, possibly Stikine, to the North American continen...