Download or read book Active Tectonics and Seismic Potential of Alaska written by Jeffrey T. Freymueller and published by American Geophysical Union. This book was released on 2008-01-14 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This multi-disciplinary monograph provides the first modern integrative summary of the most spectacular active tectonic systems in North America. Encompassing seismology, tectonics, geology, and geodesy, it includes papers that summarize the state of knowledge, including background material for those unfamiliar with the region; address global hypotheses using data from Alaska; and test important global hypotheses using data from this region. It is organized around four major themes: subduction and great earthquakes at the Aleutian Arc; the transition from strike-slip to collision tectonics in the Yakutat Block accretion; the Denali fault and related structures and their role in accommodating permanent deformation of the overriding plate, and; regional integration and large-scale models, and the use of data from Alaska to address important global questions and hypotheses."--Cover description.