Miocene-Pliocene strike-slip basin development along the Denali fault system in the eastern Alaska range: Chronostratigraphy and provenance of the Mccallum formation and implications for displacement

• Main Author: Allen, Wai K
• Other Authors: Ridgway, Kenneth D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Purdue University 2016
• Subjects: Geology; McCallum; alaska range; Alaska
• Online Access: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/dissertations/AAI10246642

The Denali fault system represents one of the major strike-slip faults in North America but very little is known about the amount and timing of displacement on this 2000-km-long structure. The 7.9 M 2002 Denali Earthquake emphasized the importance of this fault system for understanding the deformati...