Tectonic geomorphology and late Quaternary deformation on the Ragged Mountain fault, Yakutat microplate, south coastal Alaska

• Published in: Geomorphology
• Main Authors: McCalpin, J.P., Gutierrez, F., Bruhn, R.L., Guerrero, J., Pavlis, T.L., Lucha, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: The Toe; Yakutat; Alaska
• Online Access: http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/97026; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106875

The 33 km-long Ragged Mountain fault (RMF) forms the northwestern corner of the Yakutat Terrane, which is colliding with the North American plate in south coastal Alaska at ~5.5 cm/yr. The fault zone contains three types of scarps in a zone up to 175 m wide: (1) antislope scarps on the lower range f...