Multi-segment earthquakes and tsunami potential of the Aleutian megathrust

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 7-13

  Shennan, Ian ^a   Bruhn, Ronald ^b   Plafker, George ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; TSUNAMIS;

ALASKA EARTHQUAKES; CALIFORNIA; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; MAJOR HAZARDS; MICROPLATE; PACIFIC OCEANS; SEISMIC CYCLES; TSUNAMIGENIC POTENTIALS;

SEISMOLOGY;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; MICROPLATE; PALEOSEISMICITY; RUPTURE; TSUNAMI;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749182918     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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