Late Holocene great earthquakes and relative sea-level change at Kenai, southern Alaska

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 95-111

  Hamilton, Sarah ^a   Shennan, Ian ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alaska; Earthquake; Holocene; Land subsidence; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE;

ALASKA; KENAI PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 14944385526     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.903     Document Type: Article

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