The Cascadia Initiative: A Sea Change In Seismological Studies of Subduction Zones

The Cascadia Initiative: A Sea Change In Seismological Studies of Subduction Zones

Increasing public awareness that the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest is capable of great earthquakes (magnitude 9 and greater) motivates the Cascadia Initiative, an ambitious onshore/offshore seismic and geodetic experiment that takes advantage of an amphibious array to study quest...

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Main Authors: Douglas R. Toomey, Richard M. Allen, Samuel W. Bell, Peter D. Bromirski, Richard L. Carlson, Xiaowei Chen, John A. Collins, Robert P. Dziak, Brent Evers, Donald W. Forsyth, Peter Gerstoft, Emilie E.E. Hooft, Dean Livelybrooks, Jessica A. Lodewyk, Douglas S. Luther, Jeffrey J. McGuire, Susan Y. Schwartz, Maya Tolstoy, Anne M. Trehu, Michelle Weirathmueller, William S.D. Wilcox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2014-06-01
Series:Oceanography
Subjects:
ocean bottom seismometers
OBS
Cascadia
subduction zone
earthquakes
Cascadia Inititiative
megathrust earthquakes
Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/27-2_toomey.pdf

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