Seafloor geomorphology of convergent margins: Implications for Cascadia seismic hazard

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1-15

  McAdoo, Brian G ^a   Capone, Mark K ^a   Minder, Justin ^a  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia; Landslides; Nankai; Seafloor geomorphology; Slow earthquakes; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; SEISMIC HAZARD; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI;

CASCADIA MARGIN; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16344367115     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001570     Document Type: Article

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