Exotic Terranes in the North Cascades - Nick Zentner

This lecture examines the tectonic history of exotic terranes in the North Cascades, including Baja BC, superterranes, subduction processes, slab windows, and the timing of plutonic activity from 200 to 50 million years ago.

Syllabus

- Hellos,Thank Yous, and Introduction
- Exotic Terranes in the North Cascades
- Baja BC
- North Cascades
- 200 to 50 Ma Time Window
- NSF Grant to Work on Bedrock of North Cascades and Outreach
- Chris Mattinson
- North Cascade Blocks
- Golden Horn and Black Peak Batholith
- Cretaceous and Eocene Plutons
- Questions about Pluton Generation
- Subducting Ocean Plate
- Slab Failure
- Slab Window
- Superterranes
- Siletzia
- Insular Superterrane
- Intermontane Superterrane
- Farallon Plate Subduction Questions
- Westward Subduction
- Baja BC Series
- Q&A