Great Cascadia earthquakes and tsunamis of the past 6700 years, Coquille River estuary, southern coastal Oregon

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1289-1306

  Witter, Robert C ^a   Kelsey, Harvey M ^b   Hemphill Haley, Eileen ^c  

^a William Lettis and Associates Inc   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EHH Consulting Micropaleontology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia subduction zone; Paleoseismology; Plate boundaries; Sea level changes; Subsidence; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

TIDAL MARSH DEPOSITS;

COASTAL ZONES; DEPOSITION; EARTHQUAKES; ESTUARIES; RIVERS; TIDES; TSUNAMIS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBSIDENCE; TSUNAMI;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242658804     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25189.1     Document Type: Article

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