Title | Coastal subsidence in Oregon, USA, during the giant Cascadia earthquake of A.D. 1700 |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2011 |
Authors | Hawkes, A. D., B. P. Horton, Alan R. Nelson, C. H. Vane, and Y. Sawai |
Secondary Title | Quaternary Science Reviews |
Volume | 30 |
Pagination | p.364-376 |
Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription |
Keywords | Alsea Bay, coastal hazards, Coos Bay, earthquakes, geology, Nehalem River estuary, Nestucca River estuary, paleosciences, Salmon River Estuary, Siuslaw River estuary, South Slough |
Notes | This article represents an attempt to estimate how much subsidence occurred after the great Cascadia earthquake of 1700. Stratigraphy is given for 5 rivers in Oregon, with subsidence estimates for each. The estimate for the Salmon River is 0.6 m plus or minus .29 m |
URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/13572/1/Hawkes_QSR_2011.pdf |
DOI | 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.11.017 |