Abstract Comprehensive paleobotany studies of the major stratigraphie sections of the Tertiary nonmarine deposits of Alaska and Asia show that correlation is possible. In Alaska, the basal Tertiary Chickaloon Formation is correlative with the Avekova Suite of Asia. Warm-temperate plant assemblages with minor quantities of subtropical plants characterized the time of deposition of these strata. The Fultonian of Alaska correlates with the lower Ravenian Tastakh Suite of Asia. This de-positional period was characterized by subtropical and tropical assemblages, but some flora represent warm-temperate trees. Both angiosperms and gymnosperms (of the latter, mainly Cupressaceae and Taxodiaceae with minor Pinaceae) are present. The upper Kummerian Omoloy Suite is characterized by a warm-temperate flora including angiosperms (Betulaceae with minor evidence of broad-leaved trees) and gymnosperms (Pinaceae, including Ketelleria, Cedrus and Dacridium, and minor Taxodiaceae). The assemblages from the lower units of the Koynatkhun Beds resemble those of the upper Angoonian Stage in northeastern Asia, and the upper strata resemble lower Seldovian units. In Alaska, the Miocene(?) Tsa-daka Formation and the lower part of the Kenai Group are equivalents of the Omoloy. Among the Seldovian suites—Marekane, Pekulneyveyem, Namtsy, and Mamontova Gora, and the upper Nera Beds—are found flora of coastal conifers (e.g., broad-leaved trees with minor subtropical components) and midland-upland conifers and birch and minor broad-leaved trees. The age of the Marekane Suite is confirmed by marine mollusks. In Alaska, the Kenai Group, except for the lower part, is considered to be equivalent to the named Seldovian suites. In the Osinovskaya Member of the Homerian, Pinaceae and Betulaceae predominate, but scarce broad-leaved plants are represented. Transitional beds characterize the upper Homerian and the lower Clamgulchian Stage of Alaska. In northeastern Asia, the following units are correlative with those transitional beds: Tirekhtyakh, Khapchan, Gu-sinka, Delyankyr, and Erman. The lower units of the Clamgulchian are similar to the Homerian, whereas middle and upper units contain boreal assemblages with a dominance of Betulaceae and Pinaceae. The age of the Erman Suite is confirmed by marine faunas. The middle Clamgulchian is correlative with the Erlernten Suite and the Impoveyem Beds of northeastern Asia. The Enemten contains Salix assemblages with Betulaceae and Pinaceae; the Impoveyem contains different genera of Pinaceae. The evolution of the Tertiary floras in Asia proceeded from warm-temperate Paleogene floras to subtropical Eocene floras; in middle Oligocene-late Miocene time, the dominant floras were warm-temperate ones of Turgay type, which gradually became extinct. Pliocene floras were a temperate type which were ancestors of the Quaternary floras.

Abstract The Cook Inlet Basin is a northeast-trending collisional forearc basin that extends from Shelikof Strait northeastward to the east end of the Matanuska Valley. The basin is divided into three segments including, from northeast to southwest, the Matanuska Valley segment, Cook Inlet segment, and Cook-Shelikof segment. The matanuska Valley segment represents the collapsed onshore part of the basin. The Cook Inlet segment is a significant hydrocarbon province, with more than 1.3 billion barrels of oil and about 8 trillion cubic feet (TCF of gas produced since 1958. No commercial oil or gas production has been established in either the Cook-Shelikof or Matanuska segments of the basin.