Minimum runup heights of paleotsunami from evidence of sand ridge overtopping at Cannon Beach, Oregon, Central Cascadia Margin, U.S.A.

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 390-409

  Peterson, Curt D ^a   Cruikshank, Kenneth M ^a   Jol, Harry M ^b   Schlichting, Robert B ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^c Cleaveland High School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES; FLOODS; RIVERS; SAND; SEA LEVEL; SUBSIDENCE; WETLANDS;

BACK BARRIERS; FLOOD PLAINS; INUNDATION DISTANCE; MEAN LOWER LOW WATERS; OVERTOPPING FLOW; RUN-UP HEIGHTS; SAND DEPOSITS; WATER COLUMNS;

SCOUR;

DEPOSITION; FLOODPLAIN; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; OVERTOPPING; SAND RIDGE; SCOUR; SEA LEVEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; SUBSIDENCE; TSUNAMI EVENT; WATER COLUMN; WAVE RUNUP; WETLAND;

CANNON BEACH; CASCADIA MARGIN; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45249110443     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2008.044     Document Type: Article

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