Paleoseismology at high latitudes: Seismic disturbance of upper Quaternary deposits along the Castle Mountain fault near Houston, Alaska

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1296-1310

  Haeussler, Peter J ^a   Best, Timothy C ^a   Waythomas, Christopher F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Castle Mountain fault; Liquefaction; Paleoseismology; Quaternary; Trenching

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC DISTURBANCE;

GRAVEL; LIQUEFACTION; SAND; SEDIMENTS; SILT; TRENCHING;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; LATITUDE; LIQUEFACTION; PALEOSEISMICITY; QUATERNARY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036810968     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2002)114<1296:PAHLSD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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