TitleGreat earthquakes and tsunamis of the past 2000 years at the Salmon River Estuary, Central Oregon Coast, USA
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2004
AuthorsNelson, Alan R., Andrew C. Asquith, and Wendy C. Grant
Secondary TitleBulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Volume94
Number4
Paginationp.1276-1292
Date Published2004, Aug.
Call NumberOSU Libraries: Valley QE531 .S4, Electronic subscription
Keywordsearthquakes, geology, paleoecology, Salmon River Estuary, tsunamis
NotesExamines four sets of buried soils at the entrance to the Salmon River. Definitive proof of the great tsunami of 1700; equivocal evidence of 3 earlier sudden subsidence events.
DOI10.1785/012003210