Indentor-corner tectonics in the Yakutat-St. Elias collision constrained by GPS

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Marechal, Anaïs, Mazzotti, Stephane, Elliott, Julie L., Freymueller, Jeffrey T., Schmidt, Michael
• Other Authors: Géosciences Montpellier, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), Risques (Géosciences Montpellier), Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Purdue University West Lafayette, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), University of Calgary
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Canada; Fairweather; Yakutat; Alaska
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01243510; https://hal.science/hal-01243510/document; https://hal.science/hal-01243510/file/2014JB011842.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JB011842

International audience The Yakutat-St. Elias collision in SE Alaska and adjacent Canada represents a prime example of present-day tectonics associated with an indentor corner. Its eastern syntaxis is marked by high exhumation, a sharp structural bend, and strain concentration at the transition from...