Palaeotsunamis along Canada's Pacific coast

J Goff, P Bobrowsky, D Huntley, Y Sawai… - Quaternary Science …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
To fully understand tsunami hazards along Canada's Pacific coast we must consider all
potential sources including local and region-wide earthquakes, volcanic activity, slope …

Repeated megaturbidite deposition in Lake Crescent, Washington, USA, triggered by Holocene ruptures of the Lake Creek-Boundary Creek fault system

EL Leithold, KW Wegmann… - GSA …, 2019‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Lake Crescent, a 180-m-deep, glacially carved lake located on the Olympic
Peninsula in western Washington, USA, overlies the Lake Creek-Boundary Creek fault zone …

Post-glacial stratigraphy and late Holocene record of great Cascadia earthquakes in Ozette Lake, Washington, USA

DS Brothers, BL Sherrod, DM Singleton… - …, 2024‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Ozette Lake is an~ 100-m-deep coastal lake located along the outer coast of the Olympic
Peninsula (Washington, USA); it is situated above the locked portion of the northern …

Holocene surface rupture history of an active forearc fault redefines seismic hazard in southwestern British Columbia, Canada

KD Morell, C Regalla, C Amos… - Geophysical …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Characterizing the hazard associated with Quaternary‐active faults in the forearc crust of the
northern Cascadia subduction zone has proven challenging due to historically low rates of …

Ongoing oroclinal bending in the Cascadia forearc and its relation to concave-outboard plate margin geometry

T Finley, K Morell, L Leonard, C Regalla… - …, 2019‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The concave-inboard (concave toward the overriding plate) geometry of most convergent
margins is considered a natural consequence of the depression of the edge of a thin …

The Devils Mountain fault zone: An active Cascadia upper plate zone of deformation, Pacific Northwest of North America

JV Barrie, HG Greene - Sedimentary Geology, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Devils Mountain Fault Zone (DMFZ) extends east to west from Washington
State to just south of Victoria, British Columbia, in the northern Strait of Juan de Fuca of …

Discovery of an Active Forearc Fault in an Urban Region: Holocene Rupture on the X EOL X ELE K‐Elk Lake Fault, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

N Harrichhausen, T Finley, KD Morell, C Regalla… - …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Subduction forearcs are subject to seismic hazard from upper plate faults that are often
invisible to instrumental monitoring networks. Identifying active faults in forearcs therefore …

Paleoseismic trenching reveals Late Quaternary kinematics of the Leech River fault: Implications for forearc strain accumulation in northern Cascadia

N Harrichhausen, KD Morell… - Bulletin of the …, 2021‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
New paleoseismic trenching indicates late Quaternary oblique right‐lateral slip on the Leech
River fault, southern Vancouver Island, Canada, and constrains permanent forearc …

Postglacial  7.0–7.5 Earthquakes on the North Olympic Fault Zone, Washington

ER Schermer, CB Amos… - Bulletin of the …, 2021‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Holocene crustal faulting in the northern Olympic Peninsula of Washington State manifests
in a zone of west‐northwest‐striking crustal faults herein named the North Olympic fault …

Slip and strain accumulation along the Sadie Creek fault, Olympic Peninsula, Washington

WC Duckworth, CB Amos, ER Schermer… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Upper‐plate faulting in the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State results from relative
motion of crustal blocks within the Cascadia forearc and earthquake cycle processes along …