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Multichannel seismic-reflection profile, Sitka Sound

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center July 2017 (approx.)
Cross-sectional view of the earth beneath the seafloor, clear patterns show deformation.
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Multichannel seismic-reflection profile showing deformed and offset sediment layers below the outer continental shelf west of Sitka. The Sitka Sound fault is one of more than a dozen previously unmapped faults discovered in the July 2017 seismic-reflection data. Location of profile shown by northern-most yellow line on trackline map, near Sitka. km, kilometer; m, meter; s, second.

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