Wesley K. Wallace

recent publications

Papers and Reports

1997

Homza, T.X., and Wallace, W.K., 1997, Detachment folds with fixed hinges and variable detachment depth, northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 19, nos. 3-4 (special issue on fault-related folding), p. 337-354.

Moore, T.E., Wallace, W.K., Mull, C.G., Adams, K.E., Plafker, G., and Nokleberg, W.J., 1997, Crustal implications of bedrock geology along the Trans-Alaska Crustal Transect in the Brooks Range, northern Alaska: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 102, no. B9 (special section on the USGS Trans-Alaska Crustal Transect), p. 20,645-20,684.

Peapples, P.R., Wallace, W.K., Hanks, C.L., O'Sullivan, P.B., and Layer, P.W., 1997, Style, controls, and timing of fold-and-thrust deformation of the Jago stock, northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 34, no. 7, p. 992-1007.

Wallace, W.K., Moore, T.E., and Plafker, G., 1997, Multistory duplexes with forward dipping roofs, north central Brooks Range, Alaska: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 102, no. B9 (special section on the USGS Trans-Alaska Crustal Transect), p. 20,773-20,796.

1995

Homza, T.X., and Wallace, W.K., 1995, Geometric and kinematic models for detachment folds with fixed and variable detachment depths: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 17, no. 4, p. 475-588.

O’Sullivan, P.B., Hanks, C.L., Wallace, W.K., and Green, P.F., 1995, Multiple episodes of Cenozoic denudation in the northeastern Brooks Range: Fission track data from the Okpilak batholith: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 32, no. 8, p. 1106-1118.


1994

Anderson, A.V., Wallace, W.K., and Mull, C.G., 1994, Depositional record of a major tectonic transition in northern Alaska: Middle Devonian to Mississippian rift-basin margin deposits, upper Kongakut River region, eastern Brooks Range, Alaska, in Thurston, D., and Fujita, K., eds., 1992 Proceedings International Conference on Arctic Margins, U.S. Minerals Management Service Outer Continental Shelf Study 94-0040, p. 71-76.

Decker, J., Bergman, S.C., Blodgett, R.B., Box, S.E., Bundtzen, T.K., Clough, J.G., Coonrad, W.L., Gilbert, W.G., Miller, M.L., Murphy, J.M., Robinson, M.S., and Wallace, W.K., 1994, Chapter 9: Geology of southwestern Alaska, in Plafker, G., and Berg, H.C., eds., The geology of Alaska: The Geology of North America, Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, v. G1, p. 285-310.

Hanks, C.L., Wallace, W.K., and O'Sullivan, P., 1994, The Cenozoic structural evolution of the northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska, in Thurston, D., and Fujita, K., eds., 1992 Proceedings International Conference on Arctic Margins, U.S. Minerals Management Service Outer Continental Shelf Study 94-0040, p. 263-268.

LePain, D.L., Crowder, R.K., and Wallace, W.K., 1994, Early Carboniferous transgression on a passive continental margin: Deposition of the Kekiktuk Conglomerate, northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 78, no. 5, p. 679-699.

Moore, T.E., Wallace, W.K., Bird, K.J., Karl, S.M., Mull, C.G., and Dillon, J.T., 1994, Chapter 3: Geology of northern Alaska, in Plafker, G., and Berg, H.C., eds., The geology of Alaska: The Geology of North America, Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, v. G1, p. 49-140.

Moore, T.E., Wallace, W.K., Mull, C.G., Karl, S.M., and Bird, K.J., 1994, Generalized geologic map and sections for northern Alaska, in Plafker, G., and Berg, H.C., eds., The geology of Alaska: The Geology of North America, Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, v. G1, p. Plate 6.

1993

Wallace, W.K., 1993, Detachment folds and a passive-roof duplex: Examples from the northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska, in Solie, D.N., and Tannian, F., eds., Short Notes on Alaskan Geology 1993: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geologic Report 113, p. 81-99.

Abstracts

1998

Wallace, W.K., and Homza, T.X., 1998, Thrust-truncated detachment folds vs. fault-propagation folds in the northern Brooks Range: Alaska Geological Society Technical Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, April, 1998.

Wallace, W.K., and Moore, T.E., 1998, Multi-level duplex structures: A new structural interpretation of the Brooks Range along the Dalton Highway: Alaska Geological Society newsletter, v. 27, no. 7 (presentation for March, 1998 meeting).

1997

Wallace, W.K., and Homza, T.X., 1997, Differences between fault-propagation folds and detachment folds and their subsurface implications: 1997 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Dallas, Official Program, v. 6, p. A122.

1996

Wallace, W.K., and Homza, T.X., 1996, Thrust-truncated detachment folds and their distinction from fault-propagation folds: Examples from the Brooks Range: Geological Society of America Abstracts with programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. A-239.

1995

Homza, Thomas X., and Wallace, W.K., 1995, Detachment folds in the northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska: Their bearing on the prediction of trap geometry: 1995 Cordilleran section meeting, Fairbanks, Alaska, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 5, p. 26.

Moore, T.E., Wallace, W.K., and Fuis, G.S., 1995, Northward-tapering orogenic wedge, central Brooks Range, Alaska: 1995 Cordilleran section meeting, Fairbanks, Alaska, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 5, p. 65.

Wallace, W.K., Oxman, V., Prokopiev, A., and Parfenov, L., 1995, Origin of arcuate structural trends at the boundary between the Siberian platform and accreted terranes, Chersky Range, northeastern Yakutia: 1995 Cordilleran section meeting, Fairbanks, Alaska, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 5, p. 82-83.

Whitney, J.W., and Wallace, W.K., 1995, Plate tectonic model for the neotectonics of northern Alaska: 1995 Cordilleran section meeting, Fairbanks, Alaska, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 5, p. 84.

1994

Moore, T.E., Wallace, W.K., and Fuis, G.S., 1994, Shingled tectonic wedges in the central Brooks Range orogen: EOS (Transactions, American Geophysical Union), v. 75, no. 44 (supplement), p. 646.

Peapples, P.R., and Wallace, W.K., 1994, Lithologic and stratigraphic controls on structural style related to the Jago stock, northeastern Brooks Range, Alaska: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 2, p. 80.

Wallace, W.K., Moore, T.E., and Plafker, G., 1994, A multi-story duplex of thrust-truncated detachment folds, north-central Brooks Range, Alaska: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 7, p. 527-528.

Wallace, W.K., Moore, T.E., and Plafker, G., 1994, Variations in structure from the Endicott Mountains allochthon to the parautochthon, north-central Brooks Range, Alaska: EOS (Transactions, American Geophysical Union), v. 75, no. 44 (supplement), p. 646.

1993

Homza, T.X., and Wallace, W.K., 1993, Constant vs. variable detachment depth: Implications for the geometry and kinematics of detachment folds: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, no. 6, p. 476.

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