Potential seismic hazards and tectonics of the upper Cook Inlet basin, Alaska, based on analysis of Pliocene and younger deformation

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1414-1429

  Haeussler, P J ^a   Bruhn, R L ^a   Pratt, T L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Cook Inlet; Deformation; Earthquakes; Forearc basins; Neotectonics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES;

ALASKA; COOK INLET; FAULT-PROPAGATION FOLDS; FLOWER STRUCTURES; FORE-ARC BASIN; HISTORICAL SEISMICITY; NEOTECTONICS; TRANSPRESSIONAL DEFORMATION;

FAULTING;

DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; FOREARC BASIN; NATURAL HAZARD; NEOTECTONICS; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEISMIC HAZARD; TECTONICS;

ALASKA; COOK INLET; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879890119     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<1414:PSHATO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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