Tsunamis and tectonic deformation at the northern Cascadia margin: A 3000-year record from Deserted Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Holocene

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 429-439

  Hutchinson, I ^a   Guilbault, J P ^b   Clague, J J ^a   Bobrowsky, P T ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRAQ Stratigraphie   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Cascadia subduction zone; Diatoms; Foraminifers; Late Holocene; Relative sea level; Tectonics tsunamis

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS; TSUNAMI; UPLIFT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 0034126743     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968300666654539     Document Type: Article

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