Invited review paper: Some outstanding issues in the study of great megathrust earthquakes—The Cascadia example

K Wang, AM Tréhu - Journal of Geodynamics, 2016 - Elsevier
Because of a combination of new observational tools and a flurry of large megathrust
earthquakes, tremendous progress has been made in recent years towards understanding …

A maximum rupture model for the central and southern Cascadia subduction zone—reassessing ages for coastal evidence of megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis

AR Nelson, CB DuRoss, RC Witter, HM Kelsey… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
A new history of great earthquakes (and their tsunamis) for the central and southern
Cascadia subduction zone shows more frequent (17 in the past 6700 yr) megathrust …

A model of active faulting in New Zealand

NJ Litchfield, R Van Dissen, R Sutherland… - New Zealand Journal …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Active fault traces are a surface expression of permanent deformation that accommodates
the motion within and between adjacent tectonic plates. We present an updated national …

Heterogeneous rupture in the great Cascadia earthquake of 1700 inferred from coastal subsidence estimates

PL Wang, SE Engelhart, K Wang… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Past earthquake rupture models used to explain paleoseismic estimates of coastal
subsidence during the great AD 1700 Cascadia earthquake have assumed a uniform slip …

Comparison of inundation depth and momentum flux based fragilities for probabilistic tsunami damage assessment and uncertainty analysis

H Park, DT Cox, AR Barbosa - Coastal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Annual exceedance probabilities of the maximum tsunami inundation depth, h Max, and
momentum flux, M Max, conditional on a full-rupture event of the Cascadia Subduction Zone …

Probabilistic assessment of near-field tsunami hazards: Inundation depth, velocity, momentum flux, arrival time, and duration applied to Seaside, Oregon

H Park, DT Cox - Coastal Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
The generation, propagation and inundation for a probabilistic near-field tsunami hazards
assessment (PTHA) at the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) are analyzed numerically. For …

Tsunami–tide interaction in 1964 Prince William Sound tsunami

YJ Zhang, RC Witter, GR Priest - Ocean Modelling, 2011 - Elsevier
We conduct a comprehensive modeling study of the impact of the 1964 Prince William
Sound tsunami on the US Pacific Northwest coast. A 3D unstructured grid model, SELFE, is …

Tsunami hazard assessment of Canada

LJ Leonard, GC Rogers, S Mazzotti - Natural Hazards, 2014 - Springer
We present a preliminary probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment of Canadian coastlines
from local and far-field, earthquake, and large submarine landslide sources. Analyses …

Systematic characterization of morphotectonic variability along the Cascadia convergent margin: Implications for shallow megathrust behavior and tsunami hazards

JT Watt, DS Brothers - Geosphere, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Studies of recent destructive megathrust earthquakes and tsunamis along subduction
margins in Japan, Sumatra, and Chile have linked forearc morphology and structure to …

Was the January 26th, 1700 Cascadia earthquake part of a rupture sequence?

D Melgar - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal subsidence, dating of plant remains and tree rings, and evidence for tsunami
inundation point to coseismic activity on a sizable portion of the Cascadia subduction zone …