Holocene lahars and their by-products along the historical path of the White River between Mount Rainier and Seattle

GSA Field Guides

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 209-223

  Zehfuss, Paul H ^a   Atwater, Brian F ^a   Vallance, James W ^b   Brenniman, Henry ^c   Brown, Thomas A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta; Holocene; Lahar; Mount Rainier; Seattle

Indexed keywords

CLAY DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; EARTHQUAKES;

DELTA; HOLOCENES; LAHAR; MOUNT RAINIER; SEATTLE;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 68349095185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-0004-3.209     Document Type: Article

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