Paleoseismological evidence from lake sediments for recent movement on the Denali and other faults, Yukon Territory, Canada

Tectonophysics

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 363-370

  Doig, Ronald ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Denali fault; Earthquakes; Paleoseismicity; Tintina fault; Yukon Territory

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLATE BOUNDARY;

CANADA;

EID: 0032506341     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00152-8     Document Type: Article

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