Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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UAF Geophysical Institute Assistant Professor Sean Regan presented the talk, "Tectonic Social Distancing Along the Denali Fault" on February 23, 2021, as part of the Science for Alaska Lecture Series.

Join GI geologist Sean Regan as he guides a journey back millions of years to uncover the geologic history of the iconic Alaska Range. Learn how the dynamic Denali Fault creates this mountainous terrain and causes earthquakes whenever enough pressure builds up between the plates, such as in the earth-shattering magnitude 7.9 quake of 2002.

For more information and abstract:
https://www.gi.alaska.edu/events/science-alaska-lecture-series/4252

Science for Alaska is sponsored by Lifewater Engineering and Class 5 Boatworks, Alaska EPSCoR, the NASA Space Science Education Consortium and the UAF Geophysical Institute.

Filmed by Zachary Locklear and Daniel Walker.
Edited by Zachary Locklear.
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