A new high-resolution radiocarbon bayesian age model of the Holocene and late pleistocene from core MD02-2494 and others, Effingham Inlet, British Columbia, Canada; with an application to the paleoseismic event chronology of the Cascadia Subduction Zone

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 746-760

  Enkin, Randolph J ^a   Dallimore, Audrey ^b   Baker, Judith ^a   Southon, John R ^c   Ivanochko, Tara ^d  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; HEMIPELAGIC DEPOSITS; LAMINATED SEDIMENTS; MASS-WASTING EVENTS; RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATES; SEDIMENTATION MODEL;

EARTHQUAKES;

SEDIMENTS;

AGE; CORRELATION; DEEP SEA; FORAMINIFERA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LITHOFACIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLEISTOCENE; POISSON RATIO; RADIOCARBON DATING; RESOLUTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TURBIDITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; EFFINGHAM INLET; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

FORAMINIFERA; MAZAMA;

EID: 84879470435     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-2012-0150     Document Type: Article

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