Peter J Haeussler, Ph.D. (Former Employee)
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Deformation of the Pacific/North America plate boundary at Queen Charlotte Fault: The possible role of rheology Deformation of the Pacific/North America plate boundary at Queen Charlotte Fault: The possible role of rheology
The Pacific/North America (PA/NA) plate boundary between Vancouver Island and Alaska is similar to the PA/NA boundary in California in its kinematic history and the rate and azimuth of current relative motion, yet their deformation styles are distinct. The California plate boundary shows a broad zone of parallel strike slip and thrust faults and folds, whereas the 49‐mm/yr PA/NA relative...
Authors
Uri S. ten Brink, Nathaniel Miller, Brian Andrews, Daniel Brothers, Peter Haeussler
Strain partitioning in southeastern Alaska: Is the Chatham Strait Fault active? Strain partitioning in southeastern Alaska: Is the Chatham Strait Fault active?
A 1200 km-long transform plate boundary passes through southeastern Alaska and northwestern British Columbia and represents one of the most seismically active, but poorly understood continental margins of North America. Although most of the plate motion is accommodated by the right-lateral Queen Charlotte–Fairweather Fault (QCFF) System, which has produced at least six M > 7 earthquakes...
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Daniel Brothers, Julie Elliott, James Conrad, Peter Haeussler, Jared Kluesner
Varve formation during the past three centuries in three large proglacial lakes in south-central Alaska Varve formation during the past three centuries in three large proglacial lakes in south-central Alaska
The sediments stored in the large, deep proglacial lakes of south-central Alaska are largely unstudied. We analyzed sediments in 20 cores, up to 160 cm long, from Eklutna, Kenai, and Skilak Lakes, using a combination of repeated lamination counting, radionuclide dating, event stratigraphy, and tephrochronology. We show that the characteristically rhythmic layers were deposited annually...
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Evelin Boes, Maarten Van Daele, Jasper Moernaut, Sabine Schmidt, Britta Jensen, Nore Praet, Darrell Kaufman, Peter J. Haeussler, Michael Loso, Marc De Batist
Neotectonics of interior Alaska and the late Quaternary slip rate along the Denali fault system Neotectonics of interior Alaska and the late Quaternary slip rate along the Denali fault system
The neotectonics of southern Alaska (USA) are characterized by a several hundred kilometers–wide zone of dextral transpressional that spans the Alaska Range. The Denali fault system is the largest active strike-slip fault system in interior Alaska, and it produced a Mw 7.9 earthquake in 2002. To evaluate the late Quaternary slip rate on the Denali fault system, we collected samples for...
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Peter Haeussler, Ari Matmon, David Schwartz, Gordon Seitz
Eastern Denali Fault surface trace map, eastern Alaska and Yukon, Canada Eastern Denali Fault surface trace map, eastern Alaska and Yukon, Canada
We map the 385-kilometer (km) long surface trace of the right-lateral, strike-slip Denali Fault between the Totschunda-Denali Fault intersection in Alaska, United States and the village of Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada. In Alaska, digital elevation models based on light detection and ranging and interferometric synthetic aperture radar data enabled our fault mapping at scales of 1:2,000...
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Adrian Bender, Peter Haeussler
Paleoseismic potential of sublacustrine landslide records in a high-seismicity setting (south-central Alaska) Paleoseismic potential of sublacustrine landslide records in a high-seismicity setting (south-central Alaska)
Sublacustrine landslide stratigraphy is considered useful for quantitative paleoseismology in low-seismicity settings. However, as the recharging of underwater slopes with sediments is one of the factors that governs the recurrence of slope failures, it is not clear if landslide deposits can provide continuous paleoseismic records in settings of frequent strong shaking. To test this, we...
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Nore Praet, Jasper Moernaut, Maarten Van Daele, Evelien Boes, Peter Haeussler, Michael Strupler, Sabine Schmidt, Michael Loso, Marc De Batist
The Peters Hills basin, a Neogene wedge-top basin on the Broad Pass thrust fault, south-central Alaska The Peters Hills basin, a Neogene wedge-top basin on the Broad Pass thrust fault, south-central Alaska
The Neogene Peters Hills basin is a small terrestrial basin that formed along the south flank of the Alaska Range during a time in which there was regional shortening. The formation of the Peters Hills basin is consistent with it being a wedge-top basin that formed on top of the active southeast-vergent Broad Pass thrust fault. Movement along this thrust raised a ridge of Jurassic and...
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Peter Haeussler, Richard W. Saltus, Richard Stanley, Natalia Ruppert, Kristen Lewis, Susan Karl, Adrian Bender
Late Oligocene to present contractional structure in and around the Susitna basin, Alaska—Geophysical evidence and geological implications Late Oligocene to present contractional structure in and around the Susitna basin, Alaska—Geophysical evidence and geological implications
The Cenozoic Susitna basin lies within an enigmatic lowland surrounded by the Central Alaska Range, Western Alaska Range (including the Tordrillo Mountains), and Talkeetna Mountains in south-central Alaska. Some previous interpretations show normal faults as the defining structures of the basin (e.g., Kirschner, 1994). However, analysis of new and existing geophysical data shows...
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Richard Saltus, Richard Stanley, Peter Haeussler, James Jones, Christopher Potter, Kristen Lewis
Changing exhumation patterns during Cenozoic growth and glaciation of the Alaska Range: Insights from detrital thermochronology and geochronology Changing exhumation patterns during Cenozoic growth and glaciation of the Alaska Range: Insights from detrital thermochronology and geochronology
Cenozoic growth of the Alaska Range created the highest topography in North America, but the space-time pattern and drivers of exhumation are poorly constrained. We analyzed U/Pb and fission-track double dates of detrital zircon and apatite grains from 12 catchments that span a 450 km length of the Alaska Range to illuminate the timing and extent of exhumation during different periods. U...
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Richard Lease, Peter Haeussler, Paul O'Sullivan
A submarine landslide source for the devastating 1964 Chenega tsunami, southern Alaska A submarine landslide source for the devastating 1964 Chenega tsunami, southern Alaska
During the 1964 Great Alaska earthquake (Mw 9.2), several fjords, straits, and bays throughout southern Alaska experienced significant tsunami runup of localized, but unexplained origin. Dangerous Passage is a glacimarine fjord in western Prince William Sound, which experienced a tsunami that devastated the village of Chenega where 23 of 75 inhabitants were lost – the highest relative...
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Daniel Brothers, Peter Haeussler, Lee Liberty, David Finlayson, Eric Geist, Keith A. Labay, Michael Byerly
Basement and regional structure along strike of the Queen Charlotte Fault in the context of modern and historical earthquake ruptures Basement and regional structure along strike of the Queen Charlotte Fault in the context of modern and historical earthquake ruptures
The Queen Charlotte fault (QCF) is a dextral transform system located offshore of southeastern Alaska and western Canada, accommodating ∼4.4 cm/yr of relative motion between the Pacific and North American plates. Oblique convergence along the fault increases southward, and how this convergence is accommodated is still debated. Using seismic reflection data, we interpret offshore...
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Maureen Walton, Sean P. S. Gulick, Peter Haeussler, Emily Roland, Anne Trehu
Landslides and megathrust splay faults captured by the late Holocene sediment record of eastern Prince William Sound, Alaska Landslides and megathrust splay faults captured by the late Holocene sediment record of eastern Prince William Sound, Alaska
We present new marine seismic‐reflection profiles and bathymetric maps to characterize Holocene depositional patterns, submarine landslides, and active faults beneath eastern and central Prince William Sound (PWS), Alaska, which is the eastern rupture patch of the 1964 Mw 9.2 earthquake. We show evidence that submarine landslides, many of which are likely earthquake triggered, repeatedly...
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S.P. Finn, Lee Liberty, Peter Haeussler, Thomas Pratt
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Deformation of the Pacific/North America plate boundary at Queen Charlotte Fault: The possible role of rheology Deformation of the Pacific/North America plate boundary at Queen Charlotte Fault: The possible role of rheology
The Pacific/North America (PA/NA) plate boundary between Vancouver Island and Alaska is similar to the PA/NA boundary in California in its kinematic history and the rate and azimuth of current relative motion, yet their deformation styles are distinct. The California plate boundary shows a broad zone of parallel strike slip and thrust faults and folds, whereas the 49‐mm/yr PA/NA relative...
Authors
Uri S. ten Brink, Nathaniel Miller, Brian Andrews, Daniel Brothers, Peter Haeussler
Strain partitioning in southeastern Alaska: Is the Chatham Strait Fault active? Strain partitioning in southeastern Alaska: Is the Chatham Strait Fault active?
A 1200 km-long transform plate boundary passes through southeastern Alaska and northwestern British Columbia and represents one of the most seismically active, but poorly understood continental margins of North America. Although most of the plate motion is accommodated by the right-lateral Queen Charlotte–Fairweather Fault (QCFF) System, which has produced at least six M > 7 earthquakes...
Authors
Daniel Brothers, Julie Elliott, James Conrad, Peter Haeussler, Jared Kluesner
Varve formation during the past three centuries in three large proglacial lakes in south-central Alaska Varve formation during the past three centuries in three large proglacial lakes in south-central Alaska
The sediments stored in the large, deep proglacial lakes of south-central Alaska are largely unstudied. We analyzed sediments in 20 cores, up to 160 cm long, from Eklutna, Kenai, and Skilak Lakes, using a combination of repeated lamination counting, radionuclide dating, event stratigraphy, and tephrochronology. We show that the characteristically rhythmic layers were deposited annually...
Authors
Evelin Boes, Maarten Van Daele, Jasper Moernaut, Sabine Schmidt, Britta Jensen, Nore Praet, Darrell Kaufman, Peter J. Haeussler, Michael Loso, Marc De Batist
Neotectonics of interior Alaska and the late Quaternary slip rate along the Denali fault system Neotectonics of interior Alaska and the late Quaternary slip rate along the Denali fault system
The neotectonics of southern Alaska (USA) are characterized by a several hundred kilometers–wide zone of dextral transpressional that spans the Alaska Range. The Denali fault system is the largest active strike-slip fault system in interior Alaska, and it produced a Mw 7.9 earthquake in 2002. To evaluate the late Quaternary slip rate on the Denali fault system, we collected samples for...
Authors
Peter Haeussler, Ari Matmon, David Schwartz, Gordon Seitz
Eastern Denali Fault surface trace map, eastern Alaska and Yukon, Canada Eastern Denali Fault surface trace map, eastern Alaska and Yukon, Canada
We map the 385-kilometer (km) long surface trace of the right-lateral, strike-slip Denali Fault between the Totschunda-Denali Fault intersection in Alaska, United States and the village of Haines Junction, Yukon, Canada. In Alaska, digital elevation models based on light detection and ranging and interferometric synthetic aperture radar data enabled our fault mapping at scales of 1:2,000...
Authors
Adrian Bender, Peter Haeussler
Paleoseismic potential of sublacustrine landslide records in a high-seismicity setting (south-central Alaska) Paleoseismic potential of sublacustrine landslide records in a high-seismicity setting (south-central Alaska)
Sublacustrine landslide stratigraphy is considered useful for quantitative paleoseismology in low-seismicity settings. However, as the recharging of underwater slopes with sediments is one of the factors that governs the recurrence of slope failures, it is not clear if landslide deposits can provide continuous paleoseismic records in settings of frequent strong shaking. To test this, we...
Authors
Nore Praet, Jasper Moernaut, Maarten Van Daele, Evelien Boes, Peter Haeussler, Michael Strupler, Sabine Schmidt, Michael Loso, Marc De Batist
The Peters Hills basin, a Neogene wedge-top basin on the Broad Pass thrust fault, south-central Alaska The Peters Hills basin, a Neogene wedge-top basin on the Broad Pass thrust fault, south-central Alaska
The Neogene Peters Hills basin is a small terrestrial basin that formed along the south flank of the Alaska Range during a time in which there was regional shortening. The formation of the Peters Hills basin is consistent with it being a wedge-top basin that formed on top of the active southeast-vergent Broad Pass thrust fault. Movement along this thrust raised a ridge of Jurassic and...
Authors
Peter Haeussler, Richard W. Saltus, Richard Stanley, Natalia Ruppert, Kristen Lewis, Susan Karl, Adrian Bender
Late Oligocene to present contractional structure in and around the Susitna basin, Alaska—Geophysical evidence and geological implications Late Oligocene to present contractional structure in and around the Susitna basin, Alaska—Geophysical evidence and geological implications
The Cenozoic Susitna basin lies within an enigmatic lowland surrounded by the Central Alaska Range, Western Alaska Range (including the Tordrillo Mountains), and Talkeetna Mountains in south-central Alaska. Some previous interpretations show normal faults as the defining structures of the basin (e.g., Kirschner, 1994). However, analysis of new and existing geophysical data shows...
Authors
Richard Saltus, Richard Stanley, Peter Haeussler, James Jones, Christopher Potter, Kristen Lewis
Changing exhumation patterns during Cenozoic growth and glaciation of the Alaska Range: Insights from detrital thermochronology and geochronology Changing exhumation patterns during Cenozoic growth and glaciation of the Alaska Range: Insights from detrital thermochronology and geochronology
Cenozoic growth of the Alaska Range created the highest topography in North America, but the space-time pattern and drivers of exhumation are poorly constrained. We analyzed U/Pb and fission-track double dates of detrital zircon and apatite grains from 12 catchments that span a 450 km length of the Alaska Range to illuminate the timing and extent of exhumation during different periods. U...
Authors
Richard Lease, Peter Haeussler, Paul O'Sullivan
A submarine landslide source for the devastating 1964 Chenega tsunami, southern Alaska A submarine landslide source for the devastating 1964 Chenega tsunami, southern Alaska
During the 1964 Great Alaska earthquake (Mw 9.2), several fjords, straits, and bays throughout southern Alaska experienced significant tsunami runup of localized, but unexplained origin. Dangerous Passage is a glacimarine fjord in western Prince William Sound, which experienced a tsunami that devastated the village of Chenega where 23 of 75 inhabitants were lost – the highest relative...
Authors
Daniel Brothers, Peter Haeussler, Lee Liberty, David Finlayson, Eric Geist, Keith A. Labay, Michael Byerly
Basement and regional structure along strike of the Queen Charlotte Fault in the context of modern and historical earthquake ruptures Basement and regional structure along strike of the Queen Charlotte Fault in the context of modern and historical earthquake ruptures
The Queen Charlotte fault (QCF) is a dextral transform system located offshore of southeastern Alaska and western Canada, accommodating ∼4.4 cm/yr of relative motion between the Pacific and North American plates. Oblique convergence along the fault increases southward, and how this convergence is accommodated is still debated. Using seismic reflection data, we interpret offshore...
Authors
Maureen Walton, Sean P. S. Gulick, Peter Haeussler, Emily Roland, Anne Trehu
Landslides and megathrust splay faults captured by the late Holocene sediment record of eastern Prince William Sound, Alaska Landslides and megathrust splay faults captured by the late Holocene sediment record of eastern Prince William Sound, Alaska
We present new marine seismic‐reflection profiles and bathymetric maps to characterize Holocene depositional patterns, submarine landslides, and active faults beneath eastern and central Prince William Sound (PWS), Alaska, which is the eastern rupture patch of the 1964 Mw 9.2 earthquake. We show evidence that submarine landslides, many of which are likely earthquake triggered, repeatedly...
Authors
S.P. Finn, Lee Liberty, Peter Haeussler, Thomas Pratt
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