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Denali Fault
December 28 , 2024
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- The Denali Fault is a significant right-lateral strike-slip fault in western North America.
- It is stretching from British Columbia, Canada, to central Alaska, USA.
- It marks the boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, with the Pacific Plate actively subducting under the North American Plate.
- This subduction causes significant geological stress and deformation.
- These three geologic sites along the Denali Fault were once part of a single feature that united two landmasses’ millions of years ago.
- Clearwater Mountains, Kluane Lake, and Coast Mountains linked by 300 miles of horizontal movement.
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