Rethinking turbidite paleoseismology along the Cascadia subduction zone

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 827-830

  Atwater, Brian F ^a   Carson, Bobb ^b   Griggs, Gary B ^c   Johnson, Paul ^d   Salmi, Marie S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDES; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; SEISMIC TRIGGERING; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FACIES ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE CANYON; TURBIDITE; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84906696708     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35902.1     Document Type: Article

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