Land-level changes from a late Holocene earthquake in the northern Puget lowland, Washington

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 469-472

  Kelsey, Harvey M ^a   Sherrod, Brian ^b   Johnson, Samuel Y ^c   Dadisman, Shawn V ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blind faults; Paleoseismology; Puget Sound; Relative sea level; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

COASTAL MARSHES; LAND-LEVEL CHANGES;

EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; SEISMOLOGY;

GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; FOLD; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEA LEVEL; UPLIFT;

NORTH AMERICA; PUGET LOWLAND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 3142685340     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20361.1     Document Type: Article

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