Definition of Denali fault

1. Noun. A major open geological fault in Alaska.

Group relationships: Ak, Alaska, Last Frontier
Generic synonyms: Break, Fault, Faulting, Fracture, Geological Fault, Shift

Lexicographical Neighbors of Denali Fault

Demogorgon
Demoivre's formula
Demoncrat
Demoncrats
Demosthenes
Demosthenian
Demosthenic
Demotic Greek
Dempsey
Demulen
Den
Den Haag
Dena'ina
Dena'inas
Denali
Denali Fault
Denali National Park
Denbighshire
Dench
Dendranthema
Dendranthema grandifloruom
Dendraspis
Dendroaspis
Dendroaspis augusticeps
Dendrocalamus
Dendrocalamus giganteus
Dendrocolaptes
Dendrocolaptidae
Dendroctonus
Dendroctonus rufipennis

Literary usage of Denali fault

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Improved Seismic Monitoring: Improved Decision-making : Assessing the Value by National Research Council (U. S.), National Academies Press (U.S.) (2006)
"The Miv 7.9 earthquake that occurred in Alaska in 2002 presented such an opportunity, occurring on a well-known active fault (the denali fault) and causing ..."

2. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Pushed up by the denali fault, the chain stretches for 1300 miles, arcing to the Aleutian Islands, where it meets up with the Aleutian Chain. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... rock mechanics, and seismology to tectonic features ranging from the Denali fault to detailed structures in folded and faulted rocks. ..."

4. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"The zigzag path the pipeline follows also helps it adjust to movement; at one point (on the denali fault), the pipeline's design allows up to 20 feet of ..."

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