UNUSUAL EARTHQUAKES IN THE GULF OF ALASKA AND FRAGMENTATION OF THE PACIFIC PLATE

Abstract. Two recent M s 7.6 strike-slip which ruptured in an M s 7.9 event in 1958. West of earthquakes in the northern Gulf of Alaska rup- longitude 144øW, motion is accommodated by under-tured a composite 250-km-long north-striking zone thrusting and subduction along the Aleutian mega-in the Paci...

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Main Authors: J. C. Lahr, C. D. Stephens, D. H. Christensen
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.554.9326
http://www.iris.edu/seismo/quakes/1987-1988gulfofalaska/Lahr_et_al_1988.pdf