A SAND SHEET DEPOSITED BY THE 1964 ALASKA TSUNAMI AT PORT-ALBERNI, BRITISH-COLUMBIA

被引:35
作者
CLAGUE, JJ
BOBROWSKY, PT
HAMILTON, TS
机构
[1] BC GEOL SURVEY BRANCH,VICTORIA V8V 1X4,BC,CANADA
[2] GEOL SURVEY CANADA,SYDNEY V8L 4B2,BC,CANADA
关键词
TSUNAMIS; CESIUM; EARTHQUAKES; SEDIMENTS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; BRITISH-COLUMBIA;
D O I
10.1006/ecss.1994.1028
中图分类号
Q17 [水生生物学];
学科分类号
071004 ;
摘要
The stratigraphic record of 137Cs activity in a tidal marsh at Port Alberni, British Columbia, suggests that a widespread sand sheet just below the marsh surface was deposited by the tsunami from the great Alaska earthquake of 1964. We propose, by analogy, that similar deeper sand sheets at Port Alberni also may have been deposited by earthquake-induced tsunamis. © 1994 Academic Press, Inc.
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页码:413 / 421
页数:9
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