Y. Zong
Microfossil evidence for land movements associated with the AD 1964 Alaska earthquake
Zong, Y.; Shennan, I.; Combellick, R.A.; Hamilton, S.L.; Rutherford, M.M.
Authors
Professor Ian Shennan ian.shennan@durham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor
R.A. Combellick
S.L. Hamilton
M.M. Rutherford
Abstract
Microfossil diatom and pollen data from a number of cores at coastal marshes at Girdwood Flats and Kenai Flats in Cook Inlet, Alaska, suggest that there was a phase of gradual land subsidence prior to the main shock of the AD 1964 earthquake. This phase followed a long period of gradual land uplift since the last large earthquake, which occurred about 730-900 years ago. Caesium (137Cs) records indicate that subsidence started approximately 15 years before the 1964 earthquake. This pre-seismic subsidence is evident in the coastal marsh sediment sequences in changes in diatom and pollen assemblages that indicate changes in tidal-marsh environments or a change from raised-bog to marsh conditions. The microfossil evidence indicates ~0.15 m pre-seismic land subsidence at both Girdwood Flats and Kenai Flats and co-seismic subsidence of ~1.8 m and ~0.2 m respectively.
Citation
Zong, Y., Shennan, I., Combellick, R., Hamilton, S., & Rutherford, M. (2003). Microfossil evidence for land movements associated with the AD 1964 Alaska earthquake. Holocene, 13(1), 7-20. https://doi.org/10.1191/0959683603hl590rp
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2003-01 |
Deposit Date | Nov 17, 2006 |
Journal | Holocene |
Print ISSN | 0959-6836 |
Electronic ISSN | 1477-0911 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 13 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 7-20 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1191/0959683603hl590rp |
Keywords | Diatom, Pollen, Earthquake, 1964, Pre-Seismic, Land Subsidence, Alaska. |
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