Rupture models for the A.D. 900-930 Seattle fault earthquake from uplifted shorelines

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 585-588

  ten Brink, Uri S ^a   Song, Jianli ^a   Bucknam, Robert C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Paleogeodesy; Root ramp; Seattle fault; Shoreline angle; Shoreline uplift

Indexed keywords

FAULT EARTHQUAKE; FAULT GEOMETRY; PALEOGEODESY; RUPTURE MODELS; SHORELINE ANGLE; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS; UPLIFTED SHORELINES;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; GEODESY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; TSUNAMIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT GEOMETRY; SHORELINE CHANGE; UPLIFT;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33745895009     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22173.1     Document Type: Article

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