Sedimentary record of the 1872 earthquake and 'Tsunami' at Owens Lake, southeast California

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 135, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 241-254

  Smoot, J P ^a   Litwin, R J ^a   Bischoff, J L ^b   Lund, S J ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Earthquake record; Lacustrine sediments; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEISMICITY; TSUNAMI;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033781399     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(00)00075-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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