A large earthquake occurring 700 - 800 years ago in Aialik Bay, southern coastal Alaska

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-126

  Mann, Daniel H ^a   Crowell, Aron L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^b Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH SEDIMENT; CONIFER FOREST; EARTHQUAKE; SUBSIDENCE;

USA, ALASKA, KENAI PENINSULA, AIALIK BAY, VERDANT COVE;

EID: 0030456480     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-012     Document Type: Article

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