| LC control no. | sh2009009894 |
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| Geographic heading | Cascadia Subduction Zone |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Cascadia Subduction Zone |
| Variant(s) | Cascadia Fault |
| See also | Earthquake zones--Northwest Coast of North America Subduction zones--Northwest Coast of North America |
| Found in | Work cat.: Jurney, C. Refining the measured frequency of great earthquakes along the Cascadia subduction zone, 2001 leaf 1 (Cascadia subduction zone, lying offshore Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and northern California; capable of generating great earthquakes) leaf 2 ([map] shows Cascadia subduction zone stretching from northern California to a little north of Vancouver Island) Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes : a magnitude 9.0 earthquake scenario, 2005. Stephenson, W.J. Velocity and density models incorporating the Cascadia subduction zone for 3D earthquake ground motion simulations, 2007. Wikipedia WWW site, Dec. 7, 2009 (Cascadia subduction zone (also referred to as the Cascadia fault); a subduction zone, a type of convergent plate boundary that stretches from northern Vancouver Island to northern California; major cities affected by a disturbance in this subduction zone would include Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, and Victoria) |
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