A review of geological records of large tsunamis at Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and implications for hazard

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 849-863

  Clague, John J ^a,b   Bobrowsky, Peter T ^c   Hutchinson, Ian ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; TSUNAMI;

CANADA;

EID: 0034110263     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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