Geological and geophysical synthesis of the tectonics of portions of British Columbia, the Yukon Territory, and Alaska

• Main Author: St. Amand, Pierre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of America 1957
• Subjects: Andreas; Baja; Bering Sea; Dezadeash; Pacific; Queen Charlotte; Yukon; alaska range; Aleutian Island; Kuskokwim; Yakutat; Alaska
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/48153/; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140806-162008043

The seismic activity of Alaska is associated with the Aleutian Island arc and with a line of faulting in southeastern Alaska that appears to be the northward extension of the San Andreas fault system. The activity in western Alaska is enhanced where the Aleutian Range intersects the Alaska Range. It...