A history of Pacific Northwest earthquakes recorded in Holocene sediments from Lake Washington

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 6137-6150

  Karlin, Robert E ^a   Abella, S E B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSLIDE; PALAEOSEISMICITY; TURBIDITE;

USA, WASHINGTON, LAKE WASHINGTON;

EID: 0029776612     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jb01626     Document Type: Article

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