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Tintina Fault

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The Tintina Fault is a large right-lateral strike-slip fault in western North America, extending from Flathead Lake, Montana to the centre of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1] It represents the Yukon continuum between the Rocky Mountain Trench in the northern United States and the Kaltag Fault in Alaska.[2]

Unlike the Denali Fault, which ruptured a 200 km (120 mi) portion of its central segment during the 2002 Denali earthquake, the Tintina Fault is considered inactive. Despite this classification, researchers noted a magnitude 5.3 right-lateral event in 1972 and a relatively young (Holocene) 14 km (8.7 mi) scarp with a maximum offset of 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in).[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Connor, Cathy (2014). Roadside Geology of Alaska (2nd ed.). Missoula, Montana USA: Mountain Press Publishing Company. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-87842-619-5.
  2. ^ Mineral deposits of the Tanana - Yukon Uplands: A Summary Report
  3. ^ Yeats, R. (2012), Active Faults of the World, Cambridge University Press, pp. 37–40, ISBN 978-0521190855

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