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Tectonic map of Alaska and northwestern Canada showing main faults and historic earthquakes Denali Fault and the Denali National Park boundary. The Denali Fault is a major intracontinental dextral (right lateral) strike-slip fault in western North America, extending from northwestern British Columbia, Canada to the central region of the U.S. state of Alaska.
The Denali-Totschunda fault is a major dextral (right lateral) strike-slip system, similar in scale to the San Andreas Fault system. In Alaska, moving from east to west, the plate interactions change from a transform boundary between the Pacific plate and North American plate to a collision zone with a microplate, the Yakutat terrane, which is in the process of being accreted to the North ...
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The Denali Fault Bend is characterized as a gentle restraining bend. [16] The Denali Fault Bend represents a curvature in the Denali Fault that is approximately 75 km long. This curvature creates what is known as a "space problem." As the right-lateral movement along the Denali Fault continues, high compressional forces created at the fault ...
One of the sutures left by terrane addition is the Denali Fault, which curves through south-central Alaska. [21] The Denali Fault bends just north of Denali. The combination of the subduction of the Pacific plate and the bend in the Denali Fault causes Denali to be the highest mountain in North America. [22]
Kaltag–Tintina fault (north of YTT) and Denali-Fairweather Fault (south of YTT) in white. The Yukon–Tanana terrane ( YTT ) is a tectonic terrane that extends from central Alaska through central Yukon and into northern British Columbia , Canada and Southeast Alaska, USA.
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San Andreas Fault System (Banning fault, Mission Creek fault, South Pass fault, San Jacinto fault, Elsinore fault) 1300: California, United States: Dextral strike-slip: Active: 1906 San Francisco (M7.7 to 8.25), 1989 Loma Prieta (M6.9) San Ramón Fault: Chile: Thrust fault: Sawtooth Fault: Idaho, United States: Normal fault: Seattle Fault ...