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Hanning Bay fault trace, Montague Island, Latouche District, Alaska Gulf Region, Alaska, 1964.

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1964

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Alaska Earthquake March 27, 1964. Segment of Hanning Bay fault trace on Montague Island, looking northeast showing surface flexure 3 to 5 feet high is broken by gaping sub-parallel right-handed en echelon cracks, 3 to 6 feet apart. Gullies that intersect the scarp at right angles show no evidence of lateral offset that would suggest strike-slip displacement. Arrow indicates location of photo no.119. Montague Island, Latouche District, Alaska Gulf Region, Alaska, 1964. Photo by G. Plafker. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 543-G, Figure 27, p.G28. 1967.

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U.S. Geological Survey
Photographer :
George Plafker

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Image located in the U.S.Geological Survey Photographic Collection subject album "Alaska Earthquake, Volume 3, March 27, 1964", no.121.

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name photoLibrary ake00121
number photoLibrary 133
batch photoLibrary batch74
number_in_book photoLibrary 121

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