Foraminiferal evidence for the amount of coseismic subsidence during a late Holocene earthquake on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 8-9, 1996, Pages 913-937

  Guilbault, Jean Pierre ^a   Clague, John J ^b   Lapointe, Martine ^c  

^a BRAQ Stratigraphie   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSEISMIC SUBSIDENCE; EARTHQUAKE; FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE (LATE); SUBSIDENCE;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND, TOFINO;

EID: 0030302693     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(96)00058-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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