{"product_id":"active-tectonics-and-seismic-potential-of-alaska-isbn-9780875904443","title":"Active Tectonics and Seismic Potential of Alaska","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 179.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis multidisciplinary monograph provides the first modern integrative summary focused on the most spectacular active tectonic systems in North America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEncompassing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is organized around four major themes:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003esubduction and great earthquakes at the Aleutian Arc,\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe transition from strike slip to accretion and subduction of the Yakutat microplate,\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe Denali fault and related structures and their role in accommodating permanent deformation of the overriding plate, and\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eregional integration and large-scale models and the use of data from Alaska to address important global questions and hypotheses.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book's publication near the beginning of the National Science Foundation's EarthScope project makes it especially timely because Alaska is perhaps the least understood area within the EarthScope footprint, and interest in the region can be expected to rise with time as more EarthScope data become available.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffrey T. Freymueller, Peter J. Haeussler, Rob Wesson, and Göran Ekström\u003c\/i\u003e vii\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section I: Overviews\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Active Deformation Processes in Alaska, Based on 15 Years of GPS Measurements\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeffrey T. Freymueller, Hilary Woodard, Steven C. Cohen, Ryan Cross, Julie Elliott, Christopher F. Larsen, Sigrún Hreinsdóttir, and Chris Zweck 1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paleoseismicity and Neotectonics of the Aleutian Subduction Zone—An Overview\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGary Carver and George Plafker\u003c\/i\u003e 43\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Neotectonics of the Yakutat Collision: Changes in Deformation Driven by Mass Redistribution\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames B. Chapman, Terry L. Pavlis, Sean Gulick, Aaron Berger, Lindsay Lowe, James Spotila, Ronald Bruhn, Michael Vorkink, Peter Koons, Adam Barker, Carlos Picornell, Ken Ridgway, Bernard Hallet, John Jaeger, and James McCalpin\u003c\/i\u003e 65\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An Overview of the Neotectonics of Interior Alaska: Far-Field Deformation From the Yakutat\u003cbr\u003e Microplate Collision\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter J. Haeussler\u003c\/i\u003e 83\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Active Tectonics of Interior Alaska: Seismicity, GPS Geodesy, and Local Geomorphology\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNatalia A. Ruppert, Kenneth D. Ridgway, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, Ryan S. Cross, and Roger A. Hansen\u003c\/i\u003e 109\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section II: The Alaska-Aleutian Subduction Zone\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e New Paleomagnetic Data From the Central Aleutian Arc: Evidence and Implications for Block Rotations\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLena Krutikov, David B. Stone, and Pavel Minyuk 135\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Exhumation in the Chugach-Kenai Mountain Belt Above the Aleutian Subduction Zone, Southern Alaska\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJamie T. Buscher, Aaron L. Berger, and James A. Spotila\u003c\/i\u003e 151\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Active Faults on Northeastern Kodiak Island, Alaska\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eG. Carver, J. Sauber, W. Lettis, R. Witter, and B. Whitney\u003c\/i\u003e 167\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Paleoseismological Records of Multiple Great Earthquakes in Southcentral Alaska: A 4000-Year Record at Girdwood\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIan Shennan, Natasha Barlow, and Rod Combellick\u003c\/i\u003e 185\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Seismicity of the Prince William Sound Region and Its Relation to Plate Structure and the\u003cbr\u003e 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiane I. Doser, Alejandro de la Peña, and Annette M. Veilleux\u003c\/i\u003e 201\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section III: The Yakutat Collision Between the Subduction and Transform Boundaries\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Geological and Geophysical Evaluation of the Mechanisms of the Great 1899 Yakutat Bay Earthquakes\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge Plafker and Wayne Thatcher\u003c\/i\u003e 215\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Yakataga Fold-and-Thrust Belt: Structural Geometry and Tectonic Implications of a Small Continental Collision Zone\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWesley K. Wallace\u003c\/i\u003e 237\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Identifying Active Structures in the Kayak Island and Pamplona Zones: Implications for Offshore Tectonics of the Yakutat Microplate, Gulf of Alaska\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLindsay L. Worthington, Sean P. S. Gulick, and Terry L. Pavlis\u003c\/i\u003e 257\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section IV: Deformation Inboard of the Plate Boundary\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Neogene Exhumation of the Tordrillo Mountains, Alaska, and Correlations With Denali (Mount McKinley)\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter J. Haeussler, Paul O’Sullivan, Aaron L. Berger, and James A. Spotila\u003c\/i\u003e 269\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Does a Boundary of the Wrangell Block Extend Through Southern Cook Inlet and Shelikof Strait, Alaska?\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael A. Fisher, Ray W. Sliter, and Florence L. Wong\u003c\/i\u003e 287\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Section V: Integrative Models, Stress Transfer, and Seismic Hazards\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tectonics, Dynamics, and Seismic Hazard in the Canada–Alaska Cordillera\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephane Mazzotti, Lucinda J. Leonard, Roy D. Hyndman, and John F. Cassidy\u003c\/i\u003e 297\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Contemporary Fault Mechanics in Southern Alaska\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames L. Kalbas, Andrew M. Freed, and Kenneth D. Ridgway\u003c\/i\u003e 321\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Orogenesis From Subducting Thick Crust and Evidence From Alaska\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeoffrey A. Abers\u003c\/i\u003e 337\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Stress Map for Alaska From Earthquake Focal Mechanisms\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNatalia A. Ruppert\u003c\/i\u003e 351\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rapid Ice Mass Loss: Does It Have an Influence on Earthquake Occurrence in Southern Alaska?\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeanne M. Sauber and Natalia A. Ruppert\u003c\/i\u003e 369\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Challenges in Making a Seismic Hazard Map for Alaska and the Aleutians\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert L. Wesson, Oliver S. Boyd, Charles S. Mueller, and Arthur D. Frankel\u003c\/i\u003e 385\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Toward a Time-Dependent Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis for Alaska\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOliver S. Boyd, Yuehua Zeng, Charles G. Bufe, Robert L. Wesson, Fred Pollitz, and Jeanne L. Hardebeck\u003c\/i\u003e 399\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fault Interaction in Alaska: Static Coulomb Stress Transfer\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles G. Bufe and Oliver S. Boy\u003c\/i\u003e 417\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index 431\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eJeffrey T. 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