A new view into the Cascadia subduction zone and volcanic arc: Implications for earthquake hazards along the Washington margin

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-202

  Parsons, Tom ^a   Trehu, Anne M ^b   Luetgert, James H ^a   Miller, Kate ^c   Kilbride, Fiona ^c   Wells, Ray E ^a   Fisher, Michael A ^a   Flueh, Ernst ^d   Ten Brink, Uri S ^e   Christensen, Nikolas I ^f  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; COLUMBIA PLATEAU; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION FRONT; EARTHQUAKE HAZARD; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SEISMIC DEFORMATION; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY;

VOLCANOES;

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; ISLAND ARC; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING; EARTHQUAKE; VOLCANIC ARC;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; USA; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031815557     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0199:ANVITC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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