Heterogeneous rupture in the great Cascadia earthquake of 1700 inferred from coastal subsidence estimates

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2460-2473

  Wang, Pei Ling ^a,b   Engelhart, Simon E ^c,d   Wang, Kelin ^a,e   Hawkes, Andrea D ^f,g   Horton, Benjamin P ^c,h   Nelson, Alan R ⁱ   Witter, Robert C ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^e Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^h RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRAVITY ANOMALY; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC DATA; SLIP; SUBDUCTION; SUBSIDENCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UPLIFT;

ALSEA BAY; CASCADIA MARGIN; OREGON; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884519209     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50101     Document Type: Article

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