Quaternary Fault and Fold Database of the United States

As of January 12, 2017, the USGS maintains a limited number of metadata fields that characterize the Quaternary faults and folds of the United States. For the most up-to-date information, please refer to the interactive fault map.

Pamplona fault zone, F4 (Class A) No. 5168a

Last Review Date: 2012-07-01

Compiled in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources

County(s) and State(s)	VALDEZ-CORDOVA CENSUS AREA, ALASKA (offshore)
Physiographic province(s)	PACIFIC BORDER RANGES
Reliability of location	Compiled at 1:250,000 scale.
Length (km)	This section is 49 km of a total fault length of 275 km.
Average strike
Sense of movement	Reverse
Dip Direction	NW
Historic earthquake
Most recent prehistoric deformation	latest Quaternary (<15 ka)
Slip-rate category	Between 1.0 and 5.0 mm/yr
References	Koehler, R.D., Farrell, R-E., Burns, P.A.C., and Combellick, R.A., 2012, Quaternary faults and tolds in Alaska—A digital database: Alaska Division of Geophysical and Geophysical Surveys Miscellaneous Publication 141, 31 p, 1 sheet, scale 1:3,700,000. doi:10.14509/23944. Worthington, L.L., Gulick, S.P.S., and Pavlis, T.L., 2010, Coupled stratigraphic and structural evolution of a glaciated orogenic wedge, offshore St. Elias Orogen, Alaska: Tectonics, v. 29, no. 6, TC6013, doi: 10.1029/2010TC002723