The application of intertidal foraminifera to reconstruct coastal subsidence during the giant Cascadia earthquake of AD 1700 in Oregon, USA

Quaternary International

Volumn 221, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 116-140

  Hawkes, A D ^a,b   Horton, B P ^a   Nelson, A R ^c   Hill, D F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FORAMINIFERA; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLATE BOUNDARY; PRECISION; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSIDENCE; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ALSEA BAY; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

BALTICAMMINA PSEUDOMACRESCENS; FORAMINIFERA; HAPLOPHRAGMOIDES; HAPLOPHRAGMOIDES WILBERTI; JADAMMINA MACRESCENS; MILIAMMINA FUSCA; TROCHAMMINA INFLATA; TROCHAMMINITA IRREGULARIS;

EID: 77953719543     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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