Ground Photo of the Fault
Landslide debris on the west fork of the Gakona Glacier. Note helicopter on right for scale! View to east.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Chistochina River Valley
View of Denali fault trace in Chistochina River valley.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Creek Offset
Bone Creek, 5.5 meter offset measured here. The fault trace runs along the sharp bank edge at the right of the photo, from the bottom center toward the upper right.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault
At pass west of Delta River. Here there was roughly 5 m of offset. Note the push up in the background. There is permafrost at the bottom of the cracks.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Black Rapids Glacier
View eastward along Black Rapids Galcier. The Denali fault follows the trace of the glacier. These very large rockslides went a mile across the glacier on the right side. Investigations of the headwall of the middle landslide indicate a volume at least as large as that which fell, has dropped a mete... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Canwell Glacier
Trace of Denali fault along north margin of Canwell Glacier.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Black Rapids Glacier
View westward up Black Rapids Glacier at large landslides.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Black Rapids Glacier
View westward up Black Rapids Glacier at large landslides.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Black Rapids Glacier
View westward up Black Rapids Glacier at large landslides.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Canwell/Chistochina Glaciers
View west over pass between Canwell and Chistochina Glaciers. Two fault traces here may indicate the glacier ice is influencing the fault trace.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Chistochina Glacier
West fork of Chistochina Glacier. Denali fault trace here is parallel to the moraine, indicating that the structure of the glacier ice is influencing the surface trace of the fault.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Gillette Pass
View north of Denali fault trace at Gillette Pass. this view shows that the surface rupture reoccupies the previous fault scarp. Also the right-lateral offset of these stream gullies has developed since deglaciation in the last 10,000 years or so.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Chistochina Glacier
View down west fork of Chistochina Glacier. Denali fault can be seen crossing the glacier, Wrangell volcanoes in the distance.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Fault Trace
Fault trace in trees west of the Mentasta Road. Tallest trees are perhaps 40 feet tall.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Landslides
View southward toward Mt. McGinnis and two large landslides on the northeastern side. These slides had roughly 40 million cubic meters of material and travelled 10 km down glacier. This is the cover photo of the May 16th, 2003, Science.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Sustina Glacier
Peter Haeussler examining the Denali fault trace on the Susitna Glacier to find matching ice surfaces to determine amount of fault offset.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Black Rapids Glacier
Right step in Denali fault trace on Black Rapids Glacier caused extension of the glacier. Landslide debris in background.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Canwell Glacier
Peter Haeussler prepares to measure the offset of a crevasse on the Canwell Glacier.... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Susitna Glacier
Helicopters and satellite phones were integral to the geologic field response. Here, Peter Haeussler is calling a seismologist to pass along the discovery of the Susitna Glacier thrust fault. View is to the north up the Susitna Glacier. The Denali fault trace lies in the background where the two lan... Location: AK, USA
Denali Fault: Susitna Glacier
Patty Craw, DGGS, stands in front of the Susitna Glacier thrust fault. The November 3 earthquake started with an M7.2 earthquake along this fault.... Location: AK, USA