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  • 2017 - Penrose Medal, The Geological Society of America

Overview

George Plafker is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their work is situated within a scientific framework associated with geological research and related fields.

In recognition of their contributions, George Plafker received the Penrose Medal from The Geological Society of America in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Mechanism of the Chilean Earthquakes of May 21 and 22, 1960

    George Plafker;James C. Savage

  • Alaskan Earthquake of 1964 and Chilean Earthquake of 1960: Implications for Arc Tectonics

    George Plafker

  • The 2002 Denali fault earthquake, Alaska: a large magnitude, slip-partitioned event.

    Donna Eberhart-Phillips;Peter J Haeussler;Jeffrey T Freymueller;Arthur D Frankel

  • Geology of the southern Alaska margin

    George Plafker;J. Casey Moore;Gary R. Winkler

  • Bedrock geology and tectonic evolution of the Wrangellia, Peninsular, and Chugach Terranes along the Trans‐Alaska Crustal Transect in the Chugach Mountains and Southern Copper River Basin, Alaska

    George Plafker;W. J. Nokleberg;J. S. Lull

  • Tectonic Deformation Associated with the 1964 Alaska Earthquake: The earthquake of 27 March 1964 resulted in observable crustal deformation of unprecedented areal extent

    George Plafker

  • Overview of the geology and tectonic evolution of Alaska

    George Plafker;Henry C. Berg

  • The Geology of Alaska

    George Plafker;Henry C. Berg

  • Nevados Huascarán Avalanches, Peru

    George Plafker;G.E. Ericksen

  • Tectonic Aspects of the Guatemala Earthquake of 4 February 1976

    George Plafker

  • Evidence for the Recurrence of Large-Magnitude Earthquakes Along the Makran Coast of Iran and Pakistan

    William D. Page;John N. Alt;Lloyd S. Cluff;George Plafker

  • Trans-Alaska Crustal Transect and continental evolution involving subduction underplating and synchronous foreland thrusting

    Gary S. Fuis;Thomas E. Moore;George Plafker;Thomas M. Brocher

  • Holocene Pacific–North American plate interaction in southern Alaska: Implications for the Yakataga seismic gap

    John C. Lahr;George Plafker

  • Mapping the megathrust beneath the northern Gulf of Alaska using wide‐angle seismic data

    Thomas M. Brocher;Gary S. Fuis;Michael A. Fisher;George Plafker

  • Late Quaternary offsets along the Fairweather fault and crustal plate interactions in southern Alaska

    George Plafker;Travis Hudson;Terry Bruns;Meyer Rubin

  • Geological aspects of the May 31, 1970, Perú earthquake

    George Plafker;George E. Ericksen;Jaime Fernández Concha

  • Deformation during terrane accretion in the Saint Elias orogen, Alaska

    Ronald L. Bruhn;Terry L. Pavlis;George Plafker;Laura Serpa

  • Pennsylvanian pluton stitching of Wrangellia and the Alexander terrane, Wrangell Mountains, Alaska

    M. C. Gardner;S. C. Bergman;G. W. Cushing;E. M. MacKevett

  • Tectonic processes during oblique collision: Insights from the St. Elias orogen, northern North American Cordillera

    Terry L. Pavlis;Carlos Picornell;Carlos Picornell;Laura Serpa;Ronald L. Bruhn

  • Geology of south-central Alaska

    Warren J. Nokleberg;George Plafker;Frederic H. Wilson

  • Lithotectonic terrane map of Alaska (west of the 141st meridian)

    D.L. Jones;Norman J. Silberling;P.J. Coney;George Plafker

  • Tectonics of the March 27, 1964, Alaska earthquake: Chapter I in The Alaska earthquake, March 27, 1964: regional effects

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Frequent Co-Authors

Gary S. Fuis
Gary S. Fuis United States Geological Survey
Arthur Grantz
Arthur Grantz Arctic Research Consortium of the United States
Ronald L. Bruhn
Ronald L. Bruhn University of Utah
James C. Savage
James C. Savage United States Geological Survey
Terry L. Pavlis
Terry L. Pavlis The University of Texas at El Paso
Walter D. Mooney
Walter D. Mooney United States Geological Survey
Thomas M. Brocher
Thomas M. Brocher United States Geological Survey
David W. Scholl
David W. Scholl United States Geological Survey
Peter J. Haeussler
Peter J. Haeussler United States Geological Survey
Michael Fisher
Michael Fisher University of Manchester

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