Identifying coseismic subsidence in tidal-wetland stratigraphic sequences at the Cascadia subduction zone of western North America

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 6115-6135

  Nelson, Alan R ^a   Shennan, Ian ^b   Long, Antony J ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WETLAND; EARTHQUAKES; SEISMICITY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBSIDENCE; TIDAL-WETLAND SEQUENCES;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA; NORTH AMERICA, CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; PACIFIC, CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; USA, CALIFORNIA; USA, OREGON; USA, WASHINGTON;

EID: 0029751244     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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