Evidence for late holocene tsunamis at Catala Lake, British Columbia

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-60

  Clague, John J ^a,b   Hutchinson, I ^b   Mathewes, R W ^b   Patterson, R T ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Cascadia subduction zone; Diatoms; Earthquakes; Foraminifer a; Paleoseismology; Pollen; Sedimentology; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; SAND AND GRAVEL; TSUNAMI;

CANADA;

EID: 0032941618     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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