Metamorphic rocks of the Yakutat-St. Elias area, south-central Alaska
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Abstract
Metamorphic rocks in the Yakutat-St. Elias area range in grade from zeolite to amphibolite facies. Radiometric age determinations on selected metamorphic rocks have helped to identify two major metamorphic events, one in Late Cretaceous time that was characterized by penetrative deformation, and one in the Miocene Epoch that resulted in widespread recrystallization and igneous intrusions. Mapped facies units show many discontinuities across major faults, and their distribution indicates major differential uplift between several structurally bound crustal blocks within a strongly deformed mobile belt west of the Art Lewis fault. Late Cretaceous metamorphic gradients indicate that the blocks have been tilted to the west or northwest parallel to their general structural grain. As mineral assemblages that were recrystallized during Miocene time occur on both sides of the Fairweather fault, large-scale, post-Miocene strike-slip movement along the fault is not indicated.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Metamorphic rocks of the Yakutat-St. Elias area, south-central Alaska |
| Series title | Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1977 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U. S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 12 p. |
| First page | 173 |
| Last page | 184 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Other Geospatial | St. Elias, Yakutat |
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