USGS P 69

The earthquakes at Yakutat Bay, Alaska, in September, 1899; with a preface by G. K. Gilbert

• Authors:

  Tarr, R.S., Martin, Lawrence, and Gilbert, G.K.

• Publication Date:

  1912

• Publisher:

  U.S. Geological Survey 

• Ordering Info:

  USGS Publications Warehouse

• Quadrangle(s):

  Alaska Statewide; Mount Saint Elias; Yakutat

• Citation ID:

  3796

Bibliographic Reference

Tarr, R.S., Martin, Lawrence, and Gilbert, G.K., 1912, The earthquakes at Yakutat Bay, Alaska, in September, 1899; with a preface by G. K. Gilbert: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 69, 135 p., 3 sheets.

Publication Products

• Report Information

  • p0069.pdf (24.0 M)

• Maps & Other Oversized Sheets

  • Plate XXII, Geologic reconnaissance map of Yakutat Bay region, Alaska, showing glaciers that advanced up to 1906 through earthquake advancing in 1899, scale 1:312,500 (1.3 M)
  • Plate XXXII, Seismograms of Yakutat Bay earthquake of September 10, 1899 and San Francisco earthquake of April 18, 1906, from instrument at Catania, Italy (1.2 M)
  • Plate XXXIII, Map of Alaska showing area distributed by sensible shocks, September 3 and 10, 1899, to isolated areas of water waves, scale 1:5,000,000 (2.5 M)

Keywords

Earthquake; Engineering; Generalized; Geology

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