Renewal of tidal forests in Washington State after a subduction earthquake in A.D. 1700

Quaternary Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 139-147

  Benson, Boyd E ^a   Atwater, Brian F ^b   Yamaguchi, David K ^c   Amidon, Lorin J ^d   Brown, Sarah L ^c   Lewis, Roger C ^e  

^a GeoEngineers Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^d Dartmouth College   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia; Earthquake; Estuary; Spruce; Subduction; Washington

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; PLATE BOUNDARY; REGROWTH; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TIDAL INLET; TREELINE;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0035470775     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2251     Document Type: Article

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