Evidence for large earthquakes at the Cascadia subduction zone

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 439-460

  Clague, John J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES; GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS; GEOPHYSICAL MODELING; MOST RECENT EARTHQUAKES; NORTH AMERICAN PLATES; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SEISMIC GROUND MOTIONS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 0000383536     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97RG00222     Document Type: Article

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