Seismicity of the Prince William Sound Region and Its Relation to Plate Structure and the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake

Active Tectonics and Seismic Potential of Alaska

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 201-214

  Doser, Diane I ^a   De La Peña, Alejandro ^a   Veilleux, Annette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake zones Alaska; Geodynamics Alaska; Geology, Structural Alaska

Indexed keywords

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ALASKA EARTHQUAKES; BOUGUER GRAVITY ANOMALIES; DENSITY VARIATIONS; EARTHQUAKE ZONES; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; RHEOLOGICAL CHANGE; STRESS ORIENTATIONS; SUBDUCTION INTERFACE;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 69549127518     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/179GM11     Document Type: Chapter

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