Structural relationships and crustal deformation in the Saint Elias Orogen, Alaska

• Main Author: Chapman, James Benjamin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: ScholarWorks@UTEP 2008
• Subjects: Geology; Fairweather; Gulf of Alaska; Queen Charlotte; Yakutat; Alaska
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.utep.edu/dissertations/AAI1455875

The most recent period of orogenesis in southern Alaska began in late Neogene time with the collision of the Yakutat microplate, which is partially accreted to and partially subducted beneath the Alaskan margin to form the St. Elias Mountains. One of the most dynamic areas within the orogen is the E...