Identifying the Greatest Earthquakes of the Past 2000 Years at the Nehalem River Estuary, Northern Oregon Coast, USA
We infer a history of three great megathrust earthquakes during the past 2000 years at the Nehalem River estuary based on the lateral extent of sharp (≤3 mm) peat-mud stratigraphic contacts in cores and outcrops, coseismic subsidence as interpreted from fossil diatom assemblages and reconstructed wi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Open Quaternary |
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| Online Access: | https://www.openquaternary.com/articles/70 |