Journal Articles (Students are underlined)
Kellett, D.A., Coutand, I., Zagorevski, A., Grujic, D., Dewing, K., and Beranek, L.P., 2024, Whitehorse trough records Late Triassic to Paleogene accretionary orogenesis in the northern Canadian Cordillera via detrital mineral thermochronometry: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 61, p. 233-247. Cobbett, R.N., Beranek, L.P., Piercey, S.J., Crowley, J.L., and Colpron, M., 2023, Early Ordovician seamounts preserved in the Canadian Cordillera: implications for the rift history of western Laurentia: Geosphere, https://doi.org/10.1130 /GES02613.1. (PDF). Beranek, L.P., Hutter, A.D., Pearcey, S., James, C., Langor, V., Pike, C., Goudie, D., and Oldham, L., 2023, New evidence for the Baltican cratonic affinity and Tonian to Ediacaran tectonic evolution of West Avalonia in the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada: Precambrian Research, v. 390 (PDF). Johns-Buss, E.G., Beranek, L.P., Enklemann, E., Jess, S., and Matthews, W., 2023, Exhumation history and Early Cretaceous paleogeography of the Newfoundland margin revealed by detrital zircon U-Pb and fission-track studies of syn-rift Hibernia Formation strata: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 148 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., Nissen, A., Murphy, S., Grant, D., Goudie, D., Oldham, L., and Johns-Buss, E.G., 2022, Late Jurassic syn-rift deposition in the Flemish Pass basin, offshore Newfoundland: evidence for Tithonian magmatism and Appalachian-Variscan sediment sources from quantitative mineral and detrital zircon U-Pb-Hf isotope studies of Mizzen discovery strata: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 146 (PDF). van Drecht, L.H., Beranek, L.P., Colpron, M., and Wiest, A.C., 2022, Development of the Whitehorse trough as a strike-slip basin during Early to Middle Jurassic arc-continent collision in the Canadian Cordillera: Geosphere, https://doi.org./10.1130/GES02510.1 (PDF). Koch, M.M., Faehnrich, K., McClelland, W.C., Crowley, J.L., Melchin, M.J., Beranek, L.P., and Strauss, J.V., 2022, Age and significance of the Fire Bay assemblage: An Ordovician arc fragment within the Clements Markham Belt, northwest Ellesmere Island, Canada: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (PDF). Sears, J.W., and Beranek, L.P., 2022, The Great Preglacial “Bell River” of North America: Detrital Zircon Evidence for Oligocene–Miocene Fluvial Connections Between the Colorado Plateau and Labrador Sea: Geoscience Canada, v. 49, p. 29-42 (PDF). Colpron, M., Sack, P.J., Crowley, J.L., Beranek, L.P., and Allan, M.M., 2022, Late Triassic to Jurassic Magmatic and Tectonic Evolution of the Intermontane Terranes in Yukon, Northern Canadian Cordillera: Transition From Arc to Syn-Collisional Magmatism and Post-Collisional Lithospheric Delamination: Tectonics, v. 41, e2021TC007060 (PDF). Hutter, A.D., and Beranek, L.P., 2020, Provenance of Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous synrift strata of the Terra Nova oil field, Jeanne d'Arc basin, offshore Newfoundland: AAPG Bulletin, v. 104, p. 2325-2349 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., Gee, D.G., and Fisher, C.M., 2020, Detrital zircon U-Pb-Hf isotope signatures of Old Red Sandstone strata constrain the Silurian to Devonian tectonics, paleogeography, and crustal evolution of the Svalbard Caledonides: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 132, p. 1987-2003 (PDF). Campbell, R.W., Beranek, L.P., Piercey, S.J., and Friedman, R.M., 2019, Early Paleozoic post-breakup magmatism along the Cordilleran margin of western North America: New zircon U-Pb and whole-rock Nd- and Hf-isotope and lithogeochemical results from the Kechika group, Yukon, Canada: Geosphere, v. 15, p. 1262-1290 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., 2017, A magma-poor rift model for the Cordilleran margin of western North America: Geology, v. 45, p. 1115-1118 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., McClelland, W.C., van Staal, C.R., Israel, S., and Gordee, S.M., 2017, Late Jurassic flare-up of the Coast Mountains arc system, NW Canada, and dynamic linkages across the northern Cordilleran orogen: Tectonics, v. 36, p. 877-901 (PDF). Liu, X.-C., Wu, Y.-B., Fisher, C.M., Hanchar, J.M., Beranek, L.P., Gao, S., and Wang, H., 2017, Tracing crustal evolution by U-Th-Pb, Sm-Nd, and Lu-Hf isotopes in detrital monazite and zircon from modern rivers: Geology, v. 45, p. 103-106 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., Link, P.K., and Fanning, C.M., 2016, Detrital zircon record of mid-Paleozoic convergent margin activity in the northern U.S. Rocky Mountains: implications for the Antler orogeny and early evolution of the North American Cordillera: Lithosphere, v. 8, p. 533-550 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., Pease, V., Hadlari, T., and Dewing, K., 2015, Silurian flysch successions of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada, and their significance to northern Caledonian paleogeography and tectonics: Journal of the Geological Society, London, v. 172, p. 201-212 (PDF). Hadlari, T., Swindles, G.T., Galloway, J.M., Bell, K.M., Sulphur, K.C., Heaman, L.M., Beranek, L.P., and Fallas, K.M., 2015, 1.8 billion years of detrital zircon recycling calibrates a refractory part of Earth’s sedimentary cycle: PLoS One, v. 10, e0144727, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144727 (PDF). Colpron, M., Crowley, J.L., Gehrels, G.E., Long, D.G.F., Murphy, D.C., Beranek, L.P., and Bickerton, L., 2015, Birth of the northern Cordilleran orogen, as recorded by detrital zircons in Jurassic synorogenic strata and regional exhumation in Yukon: Lithosphere, v. 7, p. 541-562. Beranek, L.P., van Staal, C.R., McClelland, W.C., Joyce, N., and Israel, S., 2014, Late Paleozoic assembly of the Alexander-Wrangellia-Peninsular composite terrane, Canadian and Alaskan Cordillera: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 126, p. 1531-1550 (PDF). Link, P.K., Mahon, R.C., Beranek, L.P., Campbell-Stone, E.A., and Lynds, R., 2014, Detrital zircon provenance of Pennsylvanian to Permian sandstones from the Wyoming craton and Wood River basin, Idaho: Rocky Mountain Geology, v. 49, p. 115-136 (PDF). Israel, S., Beranek, L.P., Crowley, J., and Friedman, R., 2014, New ties between the Alexander terrane and Wrangellia and implications for North America Cordilleran evolution: Lithosphere, v. 6, p. 270-276 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., Pease, V., Scott, R.A., and Thomsen, T.B., 2013, Detrital zircon geochronology of Ediacaran to Cambrian deep-water strata of the Franklinian basin, northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut: implications for regional stratigraphic correlations: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 50, p. 1007-1018 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., van Staal, C.R., McClelland, W.C., Israel, S.A., and Mihalynuk, M.G., 2013, Detrital zircon Hf isotopic compositions indicate a northern Caledonian connection for the Alexander terrane: Lithosphere, v. 5, p. 163-168 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., van Staal, C.R., McClelland, W.C., Israel, S.A., and Mihalynuk, M.G., 2013, Baltican crustal provenance for Cambrian-Ordovician sandstones of the Alexander terrane, North American Cordillera: evidence from detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry: Journal of the Geological Society, London, v. 170, p. 7-18 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., van Staal, C.R., Gordee, S.M., McClelland, W.C., Israel, S.A., and Mihalynuk, M.G., 2012, Tectonic significance of Upper Cambrian – Middle Ordovician mafic volcanic rocks on the Alexander terrane, Saint Elias Mountains, northwestern Canada: Journal of Geology, v. 120, p. 293-314 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., and Mortensen, J.K., 2011, The timing and provenance record of the Late Permian Klondike orogeny in northwestern Canada and arc - continent collision along western North America: Tectonics, v. 30, TC5017, doi:10.1029/2010TC002849 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., Mortensen, J.K., Orchard, M.J., and Ullrich, T., 2010, Provenance of North American Triassic strata from west-central and southeastern Yukon: correlations with the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin and Canadian Arctic Islands: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 47, p. 53-73 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., Mortensen, J.K., Lane, L.S., Allen, T., Fraser, T., Hadlari, T., and Zantvoort W., 2010, Detrital zircon geochronology of the western Ellesmerian clastic wedge, northwestern Canada: insights on Arctic tectonics and mid-Paleozoic evolution of the Cordilleran miogeocline: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 122, p. 1899-1911 (PDF). Stroup, C.N., Link, P.K., Janecke, S.U., Fanning, C.M., Yaxley, G., and Beranek, L.P., 2008, Eocene to Oligocene provenance and drainage in extensional basins of southwest Montana and east-central Idaho: evidence from detrital zircon populations in the Renova Formation and equivalent strata, in Spencer, J.E. & Titley, S.R. (eds.), Ores and Orogenesis: Circum-Pacific Tectonics, Geologic Evolution, and Ore Deposits: Arizona Geological Society Digest, v. 22, p. 529-546 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., Link, P.K., and Fanning, C.M., 2006, Miocene to Holocene landscape evolution of the western Snake River Plain region, Idaho: using the SHRIMP detrital zircon provenance record to track eastward migration of the Yellowstone hotpsot: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 118, p. 1027-1050 (PDF). Link, P.K., Fanning, C.M., and Beranek, L.P., 2005, Reliability and longitudinal change of detrital-zircon age spectra in the Snake River system, Idaho and Wyoming: An example of reproducing the bumpy barcode: Sedimentary Geology, v. 182, p.101-142 (PDF). |
Geological Fieldwork Articles (Students are underlined)
Wiest, A.C., Beranek, L.P., and Manor, M.J., 2020, Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic stratigraphy of the Faro Peak formation, southern Tay River map area, central Yukon (NTS 105K), in Yukon Exploration and Geology 2019, MacFarlane, K.E. (ed.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 121–139 (link). Wiest, A.C., and Beranek, L.P., 2019, Stratigraphy of the Faro Peak formation, central Yukon: New field observations of Jurassic synorogenic sedimentation along the Yukon-Tanana–Slide Mountain terrane boundary, in Yukon Exploration and Geology 2018, MacFarlane, K.E. (ed.), Yukon Geological Survey, p. 127–142 (link). van Drecht, L.H., and Beranek, L.P., 2018, New investigations of basal Laberge Group stratigraphy, Whitehorse trough, central Yukon, in MacFarlane, K.E. (ed.), Yukon Exploration and Geology 2017, Yukon Geological Survey, p. 151-163 (link). Campbell, R.C., and Beranek, L.P., 2017, Volcanic stratigraphy of the Cambrian-Ordovician Kechika group, Pelly Mountains, south-central Yukon, in MacFarlane, K.E., and Nordling, M.G., (eds.), Yukon Exploration and Geology 2016, Yukon Geological Survey, p. 25-45 (link). van Drecht, L.H., Beranek, L.P., and Hutchison, M., 2017, Jurassic stratigraphy and tectonic evolution of the Whitehorse trough, central Yukon: project outline and preliminary results, in MacFarlane, K.E., and Nordling, M.G., (eds.), Yukon Exploration and Geology 2016, Yukon Geological Survey, p. 207-223 (link). Piercey, S.J., Beranek, L.P., and Hanchar, J.M., 2017, Mapping magma prospectivity for Cordilleran volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits using Nd-Hf isotopes: preliminary results, in MacFarlane, K.E., and Nordling, M.G., (eds.), Yukon Exploration and Geology 2016, Yukon Geological Survey, p. 197-205 (link). Beranek, L.P., Piercey, S.J., Campbell, R.C., and Wawrzonkowski, P., 2016, Paleozoic stratigraphy, tectonics, and metallogeny of the Pelly Mountains, Quiet Lake and Finlayson Lake map areas (NTS 105 F & G), central Yukon: project outline and preliminary field results, in MacFarlane, K.E., and Nordling, M.G., (eds.), Yukon Exploration and Geology 2015, Yukon Geological Survey, p. 17-28 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., and Mortensen, J.K., 2008, New stratigraphic and provenance studies of Triassic sedimentary rocks in Yukon and northern British Columbia, in: Emond, D.S., Blackburn, L.R., Hill, R.P. & Weston, L.H. (eds.), Yukon Exploration and Geology 2007, Yukon Geological Survey, p. 115-124 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., and Mortensen, J.K., 2007, Investigating a Triassic overlap assemblage in Yukon: on-going field studies and preliminary detrital zircon age data, in: Emond, D.S., Lewis, L.L., & Weston, L.S. (eds.), Yukon Exploration and Geology 2006, Yukon Geological Survey, p. 83-92 (PDF). Beranek, L.P., and Mortensen, J.K., 2006, Triassic overlap assemblages in the northern Cordillera: preliminary results from the type section of the Jones Lake Formation, Yukon and Northwest Territories (NTS 105/13), in: Emond, D.S., Bradshaw, G.D., Lewis, L.L., & Weston, L.S. (eds.), Yukon Exploration and Geology 2005, Yukon Geological Survey, p. 79-91 (PDF). Conference Abstracts (Students are underlined) Lode, S., Beranek, L.P., Grant, D., and Goudie, D., 2018, Provenance and porosity of onshore reservoir sandstones of the Anticosti basin, western Newfoundland, Canada, using Scanning Electron Microcroscopy combined with Mineral Liberation Analysis (SEM-MLA): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention 2018, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Hutter, A.D., and Beranek, L.P., 2018, Provenance and thermal-burial histories of Upper Jurassic reservoir sandstones, Terra Nova field, offshore Newfoundland: the source-to-sink evolution of a North Atlantic rift basin: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention 2018, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Beranek, L.P., and Pease, V., 2017, New perspectives on the Ordovician-Silurian stratigraphy of the Clements Markham and Northern Heiberg fold belts, Canadian Arctic Archipelago: GSA Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, [invited] Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 49, no. 6 (link). van Drecht, L.H., and Beranek, L.P., 2017, Jurassic stratigraphy and tectonic evolution of the Whitehorse trough, central Yukon: new insights from laser ablation split stream (LASS) detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 49, no. 6 (link). Campbell, R.C., Beranek, L.P., Piercey, S.J., and Friedman, R., 2017, Early Paleozoic post-breakup magmatism along the northern Cordilleran margin: new geochronological and geochemical results from the Kechika group, south-central Yukon: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 49, no. 6 (link). Hutter, A.D., and Beranek, L.P., 2017, Magmatic evolution of the Avalonian arc system revealed by Ediacaran strata in eastern Newfoundland: new results from laser ablation split stream (LASS) detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf isotope geochemistry: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 49, no. 6 (link). Piercey, S.J., and Beranek, L.P., 2017, Using volcanogenic massive sulfides (VMS) as proxies for mid-Paleozoic tectonics, crustal composition, and basin redox along the ancient Pacific margin of North America: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 49, no. 6 (link). Kroeger, E.D.L., McClelland, W.C., and Beranek, L.P., 2017, Detrital zircon signature of the Mesoproterozoic Smith Sound Group and Cambrian Dallas Bugt Formation, Arctic platform, east-central Ellesmere Island: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 49, no. 6 (link). Link, P.K., and Beranek, L.P., 2016, Distinctive detrital zircon populations in lower Paleozoic strata of Idaho: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 48, no. 7 [invited] (link). Beranek, L.P., Piercey, S.J., Friedman, R., 2016, Mid-Paleozoic magmatism and timing of VMS mineralization in the Pelly Mountains, Yukon: implications for Cordilleran tectonics and metallogeny: GAC-MAC Annual Meeting, Whitehorse, Yukon (link). Campbell, R.C., Beranek, L.P., Piercey, S.J., and Friedman, R., 2016, Early Paleozoic magmatism and stratigraphy of the Kechika group, Pelly Mountains, south-central Yukon: GAC-MAC Annual Meeting, Whitehorse, Yukon (link). Cobbett, R.N., Crowley, J., and Beranek, L.P., 2016, Devonian-Mississippian rifting in Yukon and northern BC: Implications for exploration of syngenetic and epigenetic mineralization: GAC-MAC Annual Meeting, Whitehorse, Yukon (link). Beranek, L.P., Gee, D., and Fisher, C., 2015, Laser Ablation Split Stream (LASS) U-Pb & Lu-Hf isotope analysis of detrital zircons from the Old Red Sandstone, NW Svalbard: implications for northern Caledonian paleogeography: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, T022 [invited](link). Hadlari, T., Dewing, K., Beranek, L.P., and Brent, T., 2015, Reconstructing the Franklinian margin in the Neoproterozoic and lower Paleozoic: The Polar Petroleum Potential (Arctic 3P) Conference, Stavanger, Norway. Israel, S., Ruks, T.W., Beranek, L.P., Friedman, R.M., and Crowley, J.L., 2015, Paleozoic make-up of Wrangellia and its relationships with the Alexander terrane: implications for northern Cordilleran tectonic evolution: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, no. 4, p. 50 (link) Pearcey, S.R., and Beranek, L.P., 2015, Provenance of Cape Spear Member conglomerates in the Ediacaran Cuckold Formation, Flatrock area, eastern Newfoundland: implications for Avalonian paleogeography: GAC-MAC Joint Assembly, SE21A-07. Beranek, L.P., van Staal, C.R., McClelland, W.C., Israel, S., Joyce, N., and Friedman, R., 2014, Paleozoic-early Mesozoic evolution of the Alexander terrane: current perspectives and future opportunities: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 6 [invited](link). Beranek, L.P., McClelland, W.C., van Staal, C.R., and Israel, S., 2014, SIMS zircon U-Pb geochronology and REE geochemistry of the Late Jurassic Saint Elias intrusive suite, northern Coast Plutonic Complex, Yukon, Canada: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 6 (link). Beranek, L.P., Pease, V., Hadlari, T., and Dewing, K., 2014, Early Paleozoic paleogeography and tectonics of the Franklinian margin at northern Ellesmere Island, Canadian High Arctic: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 6 (link). Beranek, L.P., Pease, V., Scott, R., and Thomsen, T., 2012, Neoproterozoic-Cambrian detrital zircon provenance record of the Canadian high Arctic and its significance to circum-Arctic paleogeography: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, T31A-2568 (link). Beranek, L.P., van Staal, C.R., McClelland, W.C., Israel, S.A., and Mihalynuk, M.G., 2011, Paleozoic tectonics and paleogeography of the Alexander terrane, North American Cordillera: connections with the Eurasian Arctic: The Sixth International Conference on Arctic Margins (ICAM VI), Fairbanks, Alaska. Link, P.K., Beranek, L.P., and Fanning, C.M., 2011, Detrital zircons define North American provenance of Mississippian Antler basin and Baltic-Caledonian provenance of Milligen Formation and younger strata of the Pioneer thrust plate, Idaho: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 43, no. 5. Beranek, L.P., van Staal, C.R., McClelland, W.C., Israel, S.A., Mihalynuk, M., Gordee, S.M., and Joyce, N., 2010, Crustal affinity of Cambrian-Ordovician rocks on the northern Alexander terrane, northwestern Canada: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 5. van Staal, C.R., Beranek, L.P., Israel, S.A., McClelland, W.C., Mihalynuk, M.G., Nelson, J.L., and Joyce, N., 2010, New ideas on the Paleozoic-Triassic evolution of the Insular superterrane of the North American Cordillera: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 5. Beranek, L.P., and Mortensen, J.K., 2009, Permo-Triassic accretion of Yukon-Tanana and related terranes: new constraints on the evolution of the northern Cordilleran margin from detrital mineral geochronology: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 5. Gilley, B., Mortensen, J.K., and Beranek, L.P., 2009, Application of the “Just-in-time teaching” approach in a third year Tectonics course: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 5. Nelson, J.L., Gehrels, G.E., and Beranek, L.P., 2009, The Slide Mountain Ocean from inception to destruction: detrital zircon and other evidence from the Sylvester allochthon: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 5. Stroup, C.N., Link, P.K., Janecke, S.U., Fanning, C.M., and Beranek, L.P., 2008, Provenance of Eocene to Oligocene sandstones of southwest Montana: evidence from detrital zircons: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 1. Beranek, L.P., and Mortensen, J.K., 2007, Latest Permian to Middle Triassic accretions of the Yukon-Tanana, Stikine, and Quesnel terranes: new detrital zircon data from Yukon: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 4. Mortensen, J.K., Beranek, L.P., and Murphy, D.C., 2007, Permo-Triassic orogeny in the northern Cordillera: Sonoma north?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 4. Beranek, L.P., and Mortensen, J.K., 2006, A Triassic link between Yukon-Tanana terrane and North America: New detrital zircon age, geochemical, and biostratigraphic data: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no. 5. Link, P.K., and Beranek, L.P., 2006, Progressive Neogene drainage capture by western Snake River System, Idaho and Nevada: EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement, v. 87, no. 52. Beranek, L.P., Link, P.K., and Fanning, C.M., 2005, Eastward migration of the continental divide in Idaho tracked by detrital zircons in middle Miocene to Recent (16 to 0 Ma) sediments of the Snake River Plain: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 5. Beranek, L.P., Link, P.K., and Fanning, C.M., 2004, Detrital zircons from Miocene to Recent sediments of the western Cordilleran orogen: Oregon-Idaho graben and Snake River Plain, Idaho: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5. Beranek, L.P., Link, P.K., and Fanning, C.M., 2004, Ghost Neoproterozoic (750-600 Ma) detrital zircons with no known source: Quaternary fluvial and aeolian sands, eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 4. Beranek, L.P., Burton, B.R., and Ihinger, P.D., 2002, Geochemistry and field geology of shoshonitic magmas in the Late Cretaceous foreland fold and thrust belt of southwestern Montana: results from the North Doherty Mountain Intrusive Complex: EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Supplement, v. 83, no. 47. |