Distribution and sedimentary characteristics of tsunami deposits along the Cascadia margin of western North America

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 372-386

  Peters, Robert ^a   Jaffe, Bruce ^a   Gelfenbaum, Guy ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia earthquake; Cascadia tsunami; Grain size; Sedimentary structures; Tsunami deposits

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; FLOW VELOCITY; GRAIN SIZE; MARSH; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; STORM DEPOSIT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TSUNAMI; WAVE HEIGHT;

CASCADIA MARGIN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34547456098     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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