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Chris Duras

Chris Duras

Research Geologist at U.S. Geological Survey specializing in earthquake hazards and paleoseismology in the Intermountain West.

Jul 15, 2026

15:53
Can you say a little bit about that one? And I understand you're doing some work that connects into the history of that false garb.
16:00
Yeah.
16:00
So the Lost River Range extends pretty much from near Mackay, actually a little bit south of Mackay, north to Chalice.
16:09
It's a fascinating fall zone in a beautiful region.
16:11
You drive along north from Stanley and to your right is this magnificent range with a lot of relief and Mount Bora.
16:20
And that relief that you're seeing as you drive north is a result of many earthquakes over millions of years.
16:27
What's pretty fascinating to me is you can look at that relief that is thousands of feet and understand that each earthquake may only lift the range a couple feet at a time.
20:54
How do you guys frame this these days with the technologies that you have?

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