Deep-water turbidites as Holocene earthquake proxies: The Cascadia subduction zone and Northern San Andreas Fault systems

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1169-1194

  Goldfinger, Chris ^a   Nelson, C Hans ^b   Johnson, Joel E ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Paleoseismology; Recurrence patterns; Submarine; Submarine landslides; Turbid flows

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TURBIDITE;

CASCADIA MARGIN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 2042457574     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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