Diatoms as an aid in identifying late-holocene tsunami deposits

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 439-448

  Hemphill Haley, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia subduction zone; Diatoms; earthquakes; Pacific Northwest; palaeoecology; Seattle fault; tsunamis

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE EARTHQUAKE; TSUNAMI DEPOSIT;

NORTH AMERICA, CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 0030303154     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600406     Document Type: Article

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