Kinematic behavior of southern Alaska constrained by westward decreasing postglacial slip rates on the Denali Fault, Alaska

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Meriaux A S ^a,b   Sieh, K ^c   Finkel, R C ^a,d   Rubin, C M ^e   Taylor, M H ^c,f   Meltzner, A J ^c   Ryerson, F J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; FAULT ZONE; KINEMATICS; MORAINE; POSTGLACIAL; SLIP RATE; SNOW COVER; THRUST FAULT;

ALASKA; DENALI FAULT ZONE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649886719     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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