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The 1918 and 1957 Vancouver Island earthquakes Cassidy, John Francis

Abstract

The oceanic Juan de Fuca and Explorer plates are subducting beneath the continental America plate west of Vancouver Island. The Nootka fault zone, which separates these oceanic plates, experiences left-lateral shear due to the different rates of subduction for the Juan de Fuca (4 cm/yr) and the Explorer (

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Title
The 1918 and 1957 Vancouver Island earthquakes
Creator
Cassidy, John Francis
Publisher
University of British Columbia
Date Issued
1986
Description
The oceanic Juan de Fuca and Explorer plates are subducting beneath the continental America plate west of Vancouver Island. The Nootka fault zone, which separates these oceanic plates, experiences left-lateral shear due to the different rates of subduction for the Juan de Fuca (4 cm/yr) and the Explorer (
Genre
Thesis/Dissertation
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2010-07-07
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
DOI
10.14288/1.0052977
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26183
Degree (Theses)
Master of Science - MSc
Program (Theses)
Geophysics
Affiliation
Science, Faculty of; Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of
Degree Grantor
University of British Columbia
Campus
UBCV
Scholarly Level
Graduate
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