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Download or read book Geology of the Alaska Peninsula-- written by Creighton A. Burk and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes the geologic history and structural configuration of the Alaska Peninsula. A geological map at a scale of 1:250,000 presents in detail the results of recent field investigations in the Alaska Peninsula and adjacent Pacific Islands. A tectonic map incorporating this new information, at a scale of 1:1,000,000, shows the structural configuration of the Alaska Peninsula area. The text is devoted largely to a presentation of basic stratigraphic relationships and to an interpretation of the structural features and history of the Alaska Peninsula. (Author).