Published via the yankee Geophysical Union as a part of the Geophysical Monograph sequence, quantity 179.
This multidisciplinary monograph offers the 1st smooth integrative precis considering the main remarkable energetic tectonic platforms in North America.
Encompassing seismology, tectonics, geology, and geodesy, it comprises papers that summarize the nation of data, together with heritage fabric for these strange with the quarter; handle worldwide hypotheses utilizing information from Alaska; and attempt vital international hypotheses utilizing facts from this region.
It is prepared round 4 significant themes:
- subduction and nice earthquakes on the Aleutian Arc,
- the transition from strike slip to accretion and subduction of the Yakutat microplate,
- the Denali fault and similar buildings and their position in accommodating everlasting deformation of the overriding plate, and
- regional integration and large-scale types and using info from Alaska to handle very important worldwide questions and hypotheses.
The book's book close to the start of the nationwide technological know-how Foundation's EarthScope venture makes it particularly well timed simply because Alaska might be the least understood quarter in the EarthScope footprint, and curiosity within the sector will be anticipated to upward push with time as extra EarthScope facts develop into available.
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