Slope basins, headless canyons, and submarine palaeoseismology of the Cascadia accretionary complex

Basin Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 313-324

  McAdoo, Brian G ^a   Orange, Daniel L ^b   Screaton, Elizabeth ^c   Lee, Homa ^d   Kayen, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX; PALAEOSEISMICITY; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE CANYON;

PACIFIC, OREGON MARGIN, CASCADIA ACCRETIONARY COMPLEX;

EID: 0031433389     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1997.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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