Magnetostratigraphy, paleomagnetic correlation, and deformation of pleistocene deposits in the south central Puget Lowland, Washington

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Hagstrum, Jonathan T ^a   Booth, Derek B ^b   Troost, Kathy G ^b   Blakely, Richard J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetostratigraphy; Paleosecular variation; Pleistocene; Puget lowland; Tectonic deformation

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; SECULAR VARIATION;

PUGET LOWLAND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0038347471     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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