Geologic, U-Pb Geochronologic and Nd Isotopic Studies of theCoast Mountains Batholith and Adjacent Terranes, SE Alaska and British Columbia

太平洋西北陆缘是白垩纪地壳碎片广泛增生的场所。亚历山大岩和相关岩块向斯蒂金西缘和其他内侧岩块的迁移伴随着广泛的岩浆活动，形成了海岸山脉岩基。然而，存在的同位素演化的材料可能北美的亲和力内和附近的岩基提出了根本性的问题，所有增生的岩石的外来性的程度。该项目将试图确定可能的北美岩石的范围，它们与相邻岩石的关系以及它们之间的年龄关系。结果将允许解释的几何形状的加积相关的结构在缝合带，并将提供约束的起源和位移历史的stikine古希腊。

The Pacific northwest continental margin was the site of extensive accretion of crustal fragments during the Cretaceous. The suturing of the Alexander and related terranes to the western margin of Stikine and other inboard terranes was accompanied by extensive magmatism that formed the Coast Mountains batholith. However, the presence of isotopically evolved material of possible North American affinity within and adjacent to the batholith raises fundamental questions about the degree of allochthoneity of all accreted terranes. This project will attempt to determine the extent of the possible North American rocks, their relationships to adjacent terranes and the age relations between them. Results will allow interpretation of the geometry of accretion- related structures in the suture zone and will provide constraints on the origin and displacement history of the stikine terrane.