Southcentral Talkeetna Mountains

Project Details

Project ID:
1683
Nickname/Abbreviation:
SC Talkeetna Mts.
Parent Project:
Energy Resources Section projects
Status:
Active
Description:
Geologic mapping to understand the evolution of the Castle Mountain fault system and its role in the subsidence of the Matanuska and Cook Inlet forearc basins. Fieldwork conducted in 2022, 2023 and planned for 2024
Project Date(s):
2022 - present
Primary Contact:
Gillis, Robert J.
DGGS section:
Energy Resources
Project Participants:
Robert J. Gillis
Stations/Samples:
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PIR 2024-1: Gillis, R.J., Trop, J.M., and Kuyl, Leo, 2024, Preliminary description and interpretation of the Doone Creek fault and associated structures: The potential offset and northeastward continuation of the Bruin Bay fault system in the south-central Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Preliminary Interpretive Report 2024-1, 18 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31108

Gillis, R.J. and others, 2023: Gillis, R.J., Trop, J.M., and Kuyl, Leo, 2023, The Doone Creek fault: A newly identified structure in the Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska, that belongs to a system of north- and northeast-trending faults that may delineate the Paleogene forearc basin boundary (poster): Alaska Geological Society Technical Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, April 22, 2023: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/31023