Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2012
Keywords
Cascadia subduction zone, Juan de Fuca plates, Gorda plates
Abstract
The Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ), where the Juan de Fuca and Gorda plates subduct obliquely beneath North America at a rate of about 35 millimeters per year, poses major geological hazards to population centers of the northwestern United States. Despite the importance of the subducting slab in these hazards, the plate boundary is poorly mapped and understood, especially offshore.
Publication Title
EOS
Volume
93
Issue
50
First Page
521
Last Page
522
Required Publisher's Statement
© 2012. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved
Recommended Citation
Holbrook, W. Steven; Kent, Graham; Keranan, Katie; Johnson, H. Paul; Trehu, Anne; Tobin, Harold; Caplan-Auerbach, Jacqueline; and Beeson, Jeff, "Cascadia Fore Arc Seismic Survey: Open-Access Data Available" (2012). Geology Faculty Publications. 40.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/geology_facpubs/40
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Seismic prospecting--Washington (State)
Geographic Coverage
Cascadia Subduction Zone
Supplementary material to “Cascadia Fore Arc Seismic Survey: Open-Access Data Available”
Genre/Form
articles
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
