The Denali Fault is a major intracontinental dextral (right lateral) strike-slip fault in western North America, extending from northwestern British Columbia...
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topography of Denali is related to the complex structural relationships created by the right-lateral Denali Fault and Denali Fault Bend. The Denali Fault is caused...
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located Denali Borough, Alaska, in which the mountain and most of the park are located Denali Fault, intracontinental strike-slip fault Denali Highway...
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Washington State. The Denali-Totschunda fault is a major dextral (right lateral) strike-slip system, similar in scale to the San Andreas Fault system. In Alaska...
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Denali fault systems, have been tectonically active since the Cretaceous period as strike-slip faults. The Denali fault to the west and the Tintina fault to...
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Denali National Park and Preserve, formerly known as Mount McKinley National Park, is a United States national park and preserve located in Interior Alaska...
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Epicenter (section Fault rupture)
subsurface fault rupture may be long and spread surface damage across the entire rupture zone. As an example, in the magnitude 7.9 Denali earthquake of...
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Earthquake (section Fault types)
ruptures on strike-slip faults, like the San Andreas Fault (1857, 1906), the North Anatolian Fault in Turkey (1939), and the Denali Fault in Alaska (2002),...
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New Madrid seismic zone (redirect from New Madrid Fault Line)
Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ), sometimes called the New Madrid fault line (or fault zone or fault system), is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of...
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movement on the Kunlun fault 2002 Denali earthquake, magnitude Mw 7.9 associated with strike-slip movement on the Denali Fault 2008 Sichuan earthquake...
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Totschunda Fault is a major active dextral (right-lateral) continental strike-slip fault in southeastern Alaska. It forms a link between the Denali Fault to the...
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the Kaltag Fault in Alaska. Unlike the Denali Fault, which ruptured a 200 km (120 mi) portion of its central segment during the 2002 Denali earthquake...
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This list covers all faults and fault-systems that are either geologically important[clarification needed] or connected to prominent seismic activity.[clarification...
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terrane addition is the Denali Fault, which curves through south-central Alaska. The Denali Fault bends just north of Denali. The combination of the subduction...
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from more than 800 miles (1,300 km) away, and the 2002 7.9 magnitude Denali fault earthquake 2,000 miles (3,200 km) away in Alaska that altered the activity...
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Alaska Range (category Mountains of Denali Borough, Alaska)
to the east. The range is part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, and the Denali Fault that runs along its southern edge is responsible for many major earthquakes...
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earthquakes, forest fires, and other natural disasters. The 2002 Denali earthquake occurred along a fault line that passed directly underneath the pipeline. The...
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1967 Mount McKinley disaster (redirect from 1967 Mount Denali disaster)
Mount McKinley disaster occurred in July 1967 when seven climbers died on Denali (then still officially known as Mount McKinley) while attempting to descend...
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Earthquake rupture (redirect from Fault rupture)
place on a single fault, but in many cases the rupture starts on one fault before jumping to another, sometimes repeatedly. The 2002 Denali earthquake initiated...
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quakes occur on the fault on a 700-year cycle. The Lake Clark fault several hundred miles to the north is sub-parallel to the Denali fault and considered to...
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a doctoral researcher, where she studied the earthquake cycle at the Denali Fault. During her doctoral research supervised by Barry Parsons and Tim J....
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perform their work. Surveyors and planners also had to deal with the Denali Fault, a major cause of earthquakes, and with large amounts of permafrost....
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Surface rupture (redirect from Surface faulting)
earthquake M7.8 in Tibet, strike-slip faulting – 400 km (249 mi) 2002 Denali earthquake M7.9 in Alaska, strike-slip faulting – 340 km (211 mi) 2008 Sichuan earthquake...
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some of which have glaciers. The area is also geologically active. The Denali Fault approximately bisects the pass, near Miller Creek, just south of Canwell...
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Susitna Glacier (category Glaciers of Denali Borough, Alaska)
Susitna Glacier fault. Susitna River Matanuska-Susitna Valley 2002 Denali earthquake "Susitna Glacier, Alaska". NASA. "2002 Denali Fault Earthquake". Science...
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Salcha Seismic Zone (category Seismic faults of Alaska)
trending faults in this region, like the Salcha Seismic Zone, are believed to have formed as a result of tension created by the Denali Fault south of...
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along the Tintina Fault. In most of the Alaskan part of the YTT the Denali Fault forms the modern day southern boundary of the terrane. In Yukon the ocean-basin...
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Yukon has scattered patches of permafrost. Two major faults, the Denali Fault and the Tintina Fault have created major valleys called trenches: the Shakwak...
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magmatism, rapid uplift and unroofing north of the Denali fault zone, formation of transform transgressional faults, and subduction of the pacific and Yakutat...
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1029/96JB03555. ISSN 2156-2202. Eberhart-Phillips, D. (16 May 2003). "The 2002 Denali Fault Earthquake, Alaska: A Large Magnitude, Slip-Partitioned Event". Science...
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