Recurrence and extent of great earthquakes in Southern Alaska during the late holocene from an analysis of the radiocarbon record of land-level change and Village Abandonment

Radiocarbon

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1323-1385

  Hutchinson, Ian ^a   Crowell, Aron L ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 67749103541     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200043198     Document Type: Article

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