Strain Measurements and the Potential for a Great Subduction Earthquake Off the Coast of Washington
Savage JC and Lisowski M. 1991. Strain Measurements and the Potential for a Great Subduction Earthquake Off the Coast of Washington. Science. 252(5002):101-103
From the abstract: "Geodetic measures of deformation in northwestern Washington indicate that strain is accumulating at a rate close to that predicted by the model of Cascadia subduction zone in which the plate interface underlying the continental slope and outer continental shelf is currently locked but the remainder of the interface slips continuously. Presumably this locked segment will eventually rupture in a great thrust earthquake with a down-dip extent greater than 100 kilometers.". This report indicates earthquake potential for the Olympic Mountains with ramifications for Olympic National Park, WA.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Savage, J; Lisowski, M
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- Earthquake, Geology, Olympic National Park, Physical Sciences