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Short notes on Alaskan geology, 1976

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7289160
Contents include: reconnaissance geology along the Variegated Glacier, Saint Elias Mountains; evidence for early Cenozoic orogeny in Central Alaska Range; the Shumagin batholith - a Paleocene magmatic arc; speculative tectonic evolution of the Cenozoic Shelikof Trough, south-central Alaska; discovery of blueschists on Kodiak Island; large kaolinite crystals in the Chignik Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Herendeen Bay; occurrences of sodic amphibole-bearing rocks in the Valdez C-2 quadrangle; high-quality coal near Point Hope, northwestern Alaska.
Research Organization:
Alaska Div. of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, College (USA)
OSTI ID:
7289160
Report Number(s):
PB-267846
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English