Response of a small Oregon estuary to coseismic subsidence and postseismic uplift in the past 300 years

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-234

  Kelsey, Harvey M ^a   Witter, Robert C ^b   Hemphill Haley, Eileen ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SUBSIDENCE;

CASCADIA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; OVERBANK SEDIMENTS; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SUBDUCTION-ZONE EARTHQUAKES; UPPER-END;

ESTUARIES;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COSEISMIC PROCESS; ESTUARY; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POSTSEISMIC PROCESS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBSIDENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPLIFT; SEA LEVEL; SEISMICITY;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; USA;

EID: 0031815420     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0231:ROASOE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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