Neotectonic framework of the north-central alaska range foothills

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 431, Issue , 2007, Pages 549-572

  Bemis, Sean P ^a   Wallace, Wesley K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Range; Fold thrust belt; Neotectonics; Seismic hazard; Thrust faults

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; MAPPING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURVEYS;

ALASKA RANGE; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; NEOTECTONICS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; THRUST FAULTS;

STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

BEDROCK; CENOZOIC; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; FOLDING; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; NEOTECTONICS; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SURVEYING; TERTIARY; UPLIFT;

ALASKA; ALASKA RANGE; TANANA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649880670     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2431(21)     Document Type: Article

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