Presentation Year

2015

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Brandon CrawfordGeologyUndergraduate Student

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The Cascadia subduction zone of the Pacic Northwest terminates in the south at the Mendocino Triple Junction, a region of elevated seismic activity. Here, tectonically driven uplift is likely responsible for the formation of Holocene-aged marine terraces. In 1992, a M 7.1 thrust mainshock and two ~M 6.5 aftershocks occurred oshore of Cape Mendocino, resulting in 1.4 meters of uplift. However, it is unknown whether these marine terraces formed due solely to large episodic coseismic uplift caused by moderately large to large magnitude earthquakes, or whether interseismic deformation plays a role in their formation. This study seeks to investigate the formation of these terraces.

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