Reconstructing the tsunami record on an emerging coast: A case study of Kanim Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 545-553

  Hutchinson, Ian ^a   Clague, John J ^a,b   Mathewes, Rolf W ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cascadia subduction zone; diatoms; lakes; relative sea level; tsunami deposits; Vancouver Island

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030941717     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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