Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964. Part of a sand boil, Turnagain Heights slide area. Ridges 2 to 3 feet high and 100 feet or so long were formed as fountains of water ejected through frozen outwash. Anchorage, Anchorage District, Cook Inlet Region, Alaska, 1964. Photo by William R. Hansen, 1964. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 542-A, Figure 15, p.A29, 1965.
Summary
Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964.
Part of a sand boil, Turnagain Heights slide area. Ridges 2 to 3 feet high and 100 feet or so long were formed as fountains of water ejected through frozen outwash.
Anchorage, Anchorage District, Cook Inlet Region, Alaska, 1964.
Photo by William R. Hansen, 1964.
Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 542-A, Figure 15, p.A29, 1965.
Image located in the U.S.Geological Survey Photographic Collection subject album "Alaska Earthquake, Volume 3, March 27, 1964", no.60.
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