Field guide to the geology of the Denali National Park Road and the Parks Highway from Cantwell to Healy
Alaska Geological Society Field Guidebooks
By: Chad P. Hults, Danny L. Capps, and Phil F. Brease
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Abstract
The Denali National Park & Preserve area provides one of the few opportunities in Alaska for road-side access to good rock outcrops. The rocks and surficial deposits exposed in the Denali area span from the Paleozoic to the Quaternary. It is a structurally complex area that contains a history of rifting, accretion, and orogeny. There is evidence of multiple metamorphic events in the Mesozoic, mountain building in the Tertiary, and faulting in the present day. The region is the site of active faulting along one of the largest intra-continental fault systems, the Denali Fault system, which was the locus of a 7.9 M earthquake in 2002. This guidebook describes the key outcrops viewable along the Denali Park Road from the entrance to the Eielson Visitor Center, and along the Parks Highway from Healy to Cantwell.
Suggested Citation
Hults, C.P., Capps, D.L., Brease, P.F., 2013, Field guide to the geology of the Denali National Park Road and the Parks Highway from Cantwell to Healy: Alaska Geological Society Field Guidebooks, 44 p.
Study Area
| Publication type | Book |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Monograph |
| Title | Field guide to the geology of the Denali National Park Road and the Parks Highway from Cantwell to Healy |
| Series title | Alaska Geological Society Field Guidebooks |
| Year Published | 2013 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Alaska Geological Society |
| Description | 44 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Other Geospatial | Denali National Park |