Basement Structure and Styles of Active Tectonic Deformation in Central Interior Alaska

• Published in: Geosciences
• Main Authors: Nilesh C. Dixit, Catherine Hanks
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: potential field modeling; interior Alaska; transtensional basin; foreland basin; seismic interpretation; Northern Foothills; alaska range; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11030127

Central Interior Alaska is one of the most seismically active regions in North America, exhibiting a high concentration of intraplate earthquakes approximately 700 km away from the southern Alaska subduction zone. Seismological evidence suggests that intraplate seismicity in the region is not unifor...