Denali Fault
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The Denali Fault is a major strike-slip fault in Alaska that accommodates significant lateral motion between tectonic plates and has produced large, damaging earthquakes.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
continental transform fault
ⓘ
geologic fault ⓘ strike-slip fault ⓘ |
| accommodates | lateral motion between crustal blocks in Alaska ⓘ |
| age | Cenozoic activity ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Alaska Range orogeny
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
intraplate deformation of the North American Plate ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crosses | Alaska Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deformationStyle | horizontal shear ⓘ |
| displacementType | lateral offset of geologic units ⓘ |
| earthquakeHazard | capable of producing large damaging earthquakes ⓘ |
| formsBoundaryBetween | different crustal blocks in interior Alaska ⓘ |
| hasEvidence |
linear fault scarps
ⓘ
offset glacial and fluvial landforms ⓘ seismicity alignment ⓘ |
| hasSegment |
central Denali Fault segment
ⓘ
eastern Denali Fault segment ⓘ western Denali Fault segment ⓘ |
| hazardTo | infrastructure in interior Alaska ⓘ |
| length | hundreds of kilometers long ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alaska
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| maximumObservedEarthquakeMagnitude | approximately 7.9 ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
Alaska Earthquake Center
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Geological Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementType | strike-slip ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Denali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | generally east-west trending ⓘ |
| partOf | Alaska Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plateBoundaryRole | accommodates part of the relative motion within the North American Plate margin system ⓘ |
| region | interior Alaska ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Tintina Fault system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Totschunda Fault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riskCategory | significant active fault in Alaska ⓘ |
| rupturedIn | 2002 Denali earthquake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ruptureLength2002Event | hundreds of kilometers ⓘ |
| seismotectonicRole | major source of large inland earthquakes in Alaska ⓘ |
| senseOfSlip | right-lateral ⓘ |
| slipRate | several millimeters per year ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
seismology
ⓘ
structural geology ⓘ tectonics ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | North American Plate interior ⓘ |
| typeOfSeismicity | shallow crustal earthquakes ⓘ |
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