Limits to Northward Drift of the Paleocene Cantwell Formation, Central Alaska
Hillhouse JW and Gromme CS. 1982. Limits to Northward Drift of the Paleocene Cantwell Formation, Central Alaska. Geology. 10:552-556
Volcanic rocks of the Paleocene Cantwell Formation in central Alaska apparently originated at a paleolatitude of 83"N (ag5 = 9.7"), as indicated by paleomagnetic results. When compared with the Paleocene pole for the North American craton, the 95% confidence limits of the results suggest that terranes north of the Denali fault have moved no more than 550 km northward relative to the North American craton since Paleocene time.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Hillhouse, John; Gromme, C.
- Units
- DENA
- Keywords
- Alaska, Cantwell Formation, Northward Drift, Paleocene