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Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1992

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APPEAL FOR NONPROLIFERATION OF ESCALATING TERRANE NOMENCLATURE<br />

Table 1. Selected stages of evolution of nomenclature <strong>in</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>Alaska</strong> and <strong>the</strong>ir sources-Cont<strong>in</strong>ued<br />

[Symbols: AT, Angayucham terrane; AAT, Arctic <strong>Alaska</strong> terrane; AAS, Arctic <strong>Alaska</strong> supenerranel<br />

Jones and o<strong>the</strong>rs* Till and o<strong>the</strong>rs, 1988 Patton and Box, 1989 Mull, 1989 and Moore, <strong>1992</strong><br />

1987 <strong>1992</strong><br />

Angayucham<br />

terrane<br />

Angayucham<br />

terrane<br />

DeLong<br />

Mounta<strong>in</strong>s<br />

subterrane (AAT)<br />

DeLong<br />

Mounta<strong>in</strong>s<br />

subterrane (AAT)<br />

DeLong<br />

Mounta<strong>in</strong>s<br />

subterrane (AAT)<br />

DeLong<br />

Mounta<strong>in</strong>s<br />

subterrane (AAT)<br />

Endlcott<br />

Mounta<strong>in</strong>s<br />

subterrane (AAT)<br />

North Slope<br />

subterrane (AAT)<br />

This report<br />

Misheguk Brooks Range<br />

Angayucham Angayucham Angayucham<br />

Mounta<strong>in</strong> ophiolite<br />

terrane terrane terrane<br />

allochthon (AT) allochthon (AT?)<br />

Angayucham Copter Peak Angayucham Angayucham<br />

terrane allochthon (AT) terrane terrane<br />

75<br />

Brooks Range<br />

basalt allochthon<br />

(AT?)<br />

Nuka Ridge<br />

DeLong<br />

Mounta<strong>in</strong>s<br />

DeLong Endicott-DeLong<br />

Mounta<strong>in</strong>s terrane allochthon belt*<br />

all0chthon (AAT) subterrane (AAT) (Us)<br />

Ipnavik &ver<br />

DeLong<br />

Mounta<strong>in</strong>s<br />

DeLong Endicott-DeLong<br />

Mounta<strong>in</strong>s terrane allochthon belt*<br />

(AAT) subterrane (AAT) @AT)<br />

Kelly River<br />

DeLong<br />

Mounta<strong>in</strong>s<br />

DeLong Endicott-DeLong<br />

Mounta<strong>in</strong>s terrane allochthon belt*<br />

(UT) subterrane (AAT) (AAS) (MT)<br />

Picnic Creek<br />

DeLong<br />

Mounta<strong>in</strong>s<br />

DeLong<br />

Mounta<strong>in</strong>s terrane<br />

Endicott-DeLong<br />

allochthon belt*<br />

(AAT) subterrane (AAT) WAS) (AAT)<br />

Endicon Endicott Endicott Endicon-DeLong<br />

Mounta<strong>in</strong>s Mounta<strong>in</strong>s Mounta<strong>in</strong>s terrane allochthon belt*<br />

allochthon (AAT) subterrane (AAT) (AAS) (AAT)<br />

Autochthon and Arctic Slope.<br />

North Slope North Slope<br />

parautochthon parautochthon<br />

subterrane (AAT) terrane (AAS)<br />

(AAT)<br />

(AAT)<br />

Internal<br />

Internal<br />

Hamrnond<br />

metamorphic and Hammond Hamrnond terrane<br />

Central belt<br />

metamorphic belt<br />

subterrane (AAT) plutonic belt subterrane (AAT) (AAS)<br />

@AT)<br />

(AAT)<br />

Hammond and<br />

Coldfoot Schist belt<br />

subterranes (AAT)<br />

Coldfoot<br />

subterrane (AAT)<br />

Angayucham<br />

terrane<br />

Coldfoot Coldfoot terrane<br />

Schist (AAT) subterrane (AAT) (AAS) Schist belt (AAT)<br />

Slate Creek thrust<br />

Slate Creek Slate Creek terrane<br />

panel (AT) (AAT) subterrane (AAT) WAS)<br />

Slate Creek<br />

sbuctural belt<br />

(MT)<br />

Narvak and Kanuti Narvak and Kanuti Angayucham Angayucham Narvak and Kanuti<br />

thrust panels (AT) thrust panels (AT) terrane terrane thrust panels (AT)<br />

*The Endicott-DeLong allochthon belt <strong>in</strong>cludes <strong>the</strong> Endicott, Picnic Creek, Kelly River, Ipnavik River, and Nuka Ridge allochthons, but <strong>the</strong>se <strong>in</strong>dividual<br />

tectonic units are too small to be mapped at small scales.

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