Coastal evidence for Holocene subduction-zone earthquakes and tsunamis in central Chile

T Dura, M Cisternas, BP Horton, LL Ely… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
The∼ 500-year historical record of seismicity along the central Chile coast (30–34° S) is
characterized by a series of∼ M 8.0–8.5 earthquakes followed by low tsunamis (< 4 m) …

Great-earthquake paleogeodesy and tsunamis of the past 2000 years at Alsea Bay, central Oregon coast, USA

AR Nelson, Y Sawai, AE Jennings, LA Bradley… - Quaternary Science …, 2008 - Elsevier
The width of plate-boundary fault rupture at the Cascadia subduction zone, a dimension
related to earthquake magnitude, remains uncertain because of the lack of quantitative …

Highly variable recurrence of tsunamis in the 7,400 years before the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

CM Rubin, BP Horton, K Sieh, JE Pilarczyk… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami caught millions of coastal residents
and the scientific community off-guard. Subsequent research in the Indian Ocean basin has …

The ecology of rafting in the marine environment. III. Biogeographical and evolutionary consequences

RN Gibson, RJA Atkinson… - Oceanogr Mar Biol Annu …, 2006 - books.google.com
Rafting of marine and terrestrial organisms has important ecological, biogeographical and
evolutionary implications. Herein the general principles of rafting are described and how …

Sedimentary differences between the 2002 Easter storm and the 15th-century Okoropunga tsunami, southeastern North Island, New Zealand

J Goff, BG McFadgen, C Chagué-Goff - Marine geology, 2004 - Elsevier
Internationally, a key problem in reconstructing chronologies of coastal hazards is the ability
to distinguish between storm and tsunami deposits. This situation has been exacerbated by …

Tsunami history of an Oregon coastal lake reveals a 4600 yr record of great earthquakes on the Cascadia subduction zone

HM Kelsey, AR Nelson… - … Society of America …, 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Bradley Lake, on the southern Oregon coastal plain, records local tsunamis and seismic
shaking on the Cascadia subduction zone over the last 7000 yr. Thirteen marine incursions …

A simple model for calculating tsunami flow speed from tsunami deposits

BE Jaffe, G Gelfenbuam - Sedimentary Geology, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper presents a simple model for tsunami sedimentation that can be applied to
calculate tsunami flow speed from the thickness and grain size of a tsunami deposit (the …

Great earthquakes of variable magnitude at the Cascadia subduction zone

AR Nelson, HM Kelsey, RC Witter - Quaternary Research, 2006 - cambridge.org
Comparison of histories of great earthquakes and accompanying tsunamis at eight coastal
sites suggests plate-boundary ruptures of varying length, implying great earthquakes of …

Large-scale washover sedimentation in a freshwater lagoon from the southeast Australian coast: sea-level change, tsunami or exceptionally large storm?

AD Switzer, BG Jones - The Holocene, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
A distinct lens of marine sand, up to 90 cm thick, confined vertically by peat, is found in the
upper fill of a closed freshwater back-barrier lagoon on the southeast Australian coast …

Great Cascadia earthquakes and tsunamis of the past 6700 years, Coquille River estuary, southern coastal Oregon

RC Witter, HM Kelsey… - Geological Society of …, 2003 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes dropped tidal marshes and low-lying forests to tidal
flat elevations 12 times in the last 6700 cal yr BP at the Coquille River estuary in …