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Reconnaissance engineering geology of the Yakutat area, Alaska, with emphasis on evaluation of earthquake and other geologic hazards /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yehle, Lynn A. (Author)
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1979.
Series:Geological Survey professional paper ; 1074.
Subjects:
Earthquakes > Alaska > Yakutat Region.
Engineering geology > Alaska > Yakutat Region.
Seismology > Alaska > Yakutat Region.
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo91055
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Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed October 9, 2014).
"Coarse-grained surficial deposits (mostly in young moraines and associated outwash) underlie much of the Yakutat area close to deep-water Yakutat Bay. Earthquakes and related water waves are the prime geologic hazard; five very large earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.0 8.6 have shaken the area during the period 1893-1975."
Physical Description:1 online resource (v, 44 pages) : illustrations, maps + 1 plate.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 40-44).