http://www.uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=3481


(Edit: Just noticed that this was dated 1997 so I'm not sure why it's just popped up as a Google News Alert. Still worth a read though.)

Some old evidence that parts of Alaska used to be down near California

Early Triassic (Smithian) Ammonites of Paleoequatorial Affinity from the Chulitna Terrane, South-Central Alaska (http://www.dggs.dnr.state.ak.us/scan1/p/text/P1121B.PDF)

Looks like one day LA will be north of Anchorage 8-)