The terrane puzzle: new perspectives on paleontology and stratigraphy from the North American cordillera

The Terrane Puzzle: New Perspectives on Paleontology and\rStratigraphy from the North American Cordillera......Page 1
Front matter......Page 2
ISBN 978-0-8137-2442-3......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
Introduction......Page 6
01- Paleogeographic significance of Ediacaran cyclomedusoids\rwithin the Antelope Mountain Quartzite, Yreka subterrane,\reastern Klamath Mountains, California......Page 10
02- Silurian-bearing terranes of Alaska......Page 48
03- Silurian Gastropoda from the Alexander Terrane, southeast Alaska......Page 60
04- Provenance, depositional setting, and tectonic implications of\rSilurian polymictic conglomerates in Alaska’s Alexander terrane......Page 72
05- Devonian brachiopods of southwesternmost Laurentia:\rBiogeographic affinities and tectonic significance......Page 86
06- Devonian brachiopods from Northeastern Washington:\rEvidence for a non-allochthonous terrane and Late Devonian\rbiogeographic update......Page 108
07- Paleobiogeographic affinities of Emsian (late Early Devonian)\rgastropods from Farewell terrane (west-central Alaska)......Page 116
08- Significance of detrital zircons in Upper Devonian ocean-basin\rstrata of the Sonora allochthon and Lower Permian synorogenic\rstrata of the Mina México foredeep, central Sonora, México......Page 130
09- The flora, fauna, and sediments of the Mount Dall Conglomerate\r(Farewell Terrane, Alaska, USA)......Page 142
10- Late Triassic silicified shallow-water corals and other marine fossils\rfrom Wrangellia and the Alexander terrane, Alaska, and Vancouver\rIsland, British Columbia......Page 160
11- Conodont biostratigraphy and facies correlations in a Late Triassic\risland arc, Keku Strait, southeast Alaska......Page 190
12- Stratigraphy of the Triassic Martin Bridge Formation, Wallowa\rterrane: Stratigraphy and depositional setting......Page 236
13- Late Triassic (Carnian-Norian) mixed carbonate-volcaniclastic facies\rof the Olds Ferry terrane, eastern Oregon and western Idaho......Page 260
14- Early Jurassic bivalves of the Antimonio terrane\r(Sonora, NW Mexico): Taxonomy, biogeography, and\rpaleogeographic implications......Page 278
15- Dinosaurs of Alaska: Implications for the Cretaceous\rorigin of Beringia......Page 322
Back cover / Contents......Page 336