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A new view into the Cascadia subduction zone and volcanic arc: Implications for earthquake hazards along the Washington margin

scientific article

A revised dislocation model of interseismic deformation of the Cascadia subduction zone

scholarly article

A tunnel runs through it: an inside view of the Tualatin Mountains, Oregon

Aeromagnetic map of the Portland-Vancouver Metropolitan area, Oregon and Washington

scholarly article

Airborne hunt for faults in the Portland-Vancouver area

scholarly article

Alaska earthquake source for the SAFRR tsunami scenario: Chapter B in The SAFRR (Science Application for Risk Reduction) Tsunami Scenario

scholarly article

An Integrated Feasibility Study of Reservoir Thermal Energy Storage (RTES) in Portland, OR, USA

scholarly article

Basin-centered asperities in great subduction zone earthquakes: A link between slip, subsidence, and subduction erosion?

scholarly article by Ray E. Wells et al published October 2003 in Journal of Geophysical Research

Cascadia subduction tremor muted by crustal faults

scholarly article

Cascadia; regional lithospheric studies of the Pacific Northwest

scholarly article

Cenozoic evolution of the continental margin of Oregon and Washington

scholarly article

Cenozoic plate motions and the volcano-tectonic evolution of western Oregon and Washington

scholarly article by R. E. Wells et al published April 1984 in Tectonics

Coccolith-bearing late middle Eocene kerogen shale, Tillamook Highlands, Northwest Oregon Coast Range

scholarly article

Connecting the Yakima fold and thrust belt to active faults in the Puget Lowland, Washington

scholarly article

Correction to “Basin-centered asperities in great subduction zone earthquakes: A link between slip, subsidence, and subduction erosion?”

scientific article

Correlation of Miocene flows of the Columbia River Basalt Group from the central Columbia River Plateau to the coast of Oregon and Washington

scientific article published in 1989

Crustal structure and earthquake hazards of the subduction zone in southwestern British Columbia and western Washington

scholarly article

Diverse rupture modes for surface-deforming upper plate earthquakes in the southern Puget Lowland of Washington State

scholarly article by Alan R. Nelson et al published August 2014 in Geosphere

Drake Peak - A Structurally Complex Rhyolite Center in Southeastern Oregon ⬇️

scientific article published in 1980

Earthquake Hazards and Lifelines in the Interstate 5 Urban Corridor - Cottage Grove to Woodburn, Oregon

scholarly article published 2009

Earthquake hazards and lifelines in the Interstate 5 urban corridor: Woodburn, Oregon, to Centralia, Washington

scholarly article

Eocene extension in Idaho generated massive sediment floods into the Franciscan trench and into the Tyee, Great Valley, and Green River basins

scholarly article

Evidence for distributed clockwise rotation of the crust in the northwestern United States from fault geometries and focal mechanisms

article

Fault locking, block rotation and crustal deformation in the Pacific Northwest

article

Field and Laboratory Data From an Earthquake History Study of Scarps of the Lake Creek-Boundary Creek Fault Between the Elwha River and Siebert Creek, Clallam County, Washington

article

Field and laboratory data from an earthquake history study of the Toe Jam Hill Fault, Bainbridge Island, Washington

scholarly article by Alan R. Nelson et al published 2002 in Open-File Report

Fore-arc migration in Cascadia and its neotectonic significance

scholarly article

GEOSCIENCES

scholarly article

Geologic Map of the Carlton Quadrangle, Yamhill County, Oregon

article by Karen L. Wheeler et al published 2009 in Open-File Report

Geologic history of Siletzia, a large igneous province in the Oregon and Washington Coast Range: Correlation to the geomagnetic polarity time scale and implications for a long-lived Yellowstone hotspot

article

Geologic map and database of the Roseburg 30' x 60' quadrangle, Douglas and Coos counties, Oregon

article by Ray E. Wells et al published 2001 in Open-File Report

Geologic map of the Cape Disappointment-Naselle River area, Pacific County, Washington

article by Ray E. Wells published 1979 in Open-File Report

Geologic map of the Tillamook Highlands, Northwest Oregon Coast Range

article by Ray E. Wells et al published 1994 in Open-File Report

Geologic map of the Tillamook Highlands, northwest Oregon Coast Range; a digital database

article by Ray E. Wells et al published 1995 in Open-File Report

Geologic map of the eastern Willapa Hills, Cowlitz, Lewis, Pacific, and Wahkiakum counties, Washington

scientific article published in 1981

Geologic map of the greater Portland metropolitan area and surrounding region, Oregon and Washington

scientific article published in 2020

Geologic processes of accretion in the Cascadiasubduction zone west of Washington State

Gravity anomalies, Quaternary vents, and Quaternary faults in the southern Cascade Range, Oregon and California: Implications for arc and backarc evolution

scientific article published on 10 October 1997

Great (≥Mw8.0) megathrust earthquakes and the subduction of excess sediment and bathymetrically smooth seafloor

scholarly article

History of earthquakes and tsunamis along the eastern Aleutian-Alaska megathrust, with implications for tsunami hazards in the California Continental Borderland

scholarly article by Holly F. Ryan et al published 2012 in Geological Survey Professional Paper

Holocene Earthquakes of Magnitude 7 during Westward Escape of the Olympic Mountains, Washington

scholarly article by Alan R. Nelson et al published 25 September 2017 in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Holocene fault scarps and shallow magnetic anomalies along the southern Whidbey Island Fault Zone near Woodinville, Washington

scholarly article

Identifying block structure in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Late Holocene earthquakes on the Toe Jam Hill fault, Seattle fault zone, Bainbridge Island, Washington

article

Lidar-revised geologic map of the Uncas 7.5' quadrangle, Clallam and Jefferson Counties, Washington

Life and death of the Resurrection plate: Evidence for its existence and subduction in the northeastern Pacific in Paleocene–Eocene time

article

Lifelines and Earthquake Hazards in the Interstate 5 Urban Corridor: Cottage Grove to Woodburn, Oregon

scholarly article

Lifelines and earthquake hazards along the Interstate 5 Urban Corridor: Woodburn, Oregon to Centralia, Washington

scholarly article

Linking middle-school teachers to EarthScope

Location, structure, and seismicity of the Seattle fault zone, Washington: Evidence from aeromagnetic anomalies, geologic mapping, and seismic-reflection data ⬇️

article

Magnetic fabric, flow directions, and source area of the Lower Miocene Peach Springs Tuff in Arizona, California, and Nevada

scientific article published in 1991

Map showing features and displacements of the Scenic Drive Landslide, La Honda, California, during the period March 31-May 7, 2005

scholarly article

Map showing features and displacements of the Scenic Drive landslide, La Honda, California, during the period March 31, 2005–November 5, 2006

scholarly article

Maps Showing Inundation Depths, Ice-Rafted Erratics, and Sedimentary Facies of Late Pleistocene Missoula Floods in the Willamette Valley, Oregon

scholarly article

Mechanisms of Cenozoic Tectonic Rotation, Pacific Northwest Convergent Margin, U.S.A

scientific article published in 1989

Neogene rotations and quasicontinuous deformation of the Pacific Northwest continental margin

article

New geologic mapping of the northwestern Willamette Valley, Oregon, and its American Viticultural Areas (AVAs)—A foundation for understanding their terroir

scientific article published in 2018

Northward migration of the Cascadia forearc in the northwestern U.S. and implications for subduction deformation

scientific article

Northward migration of the Oregon forearc on the Gales Creek fault

scholarly article

Oregon geology - parent of the soil, foundation for the vine

scholarly article by Ray E. Wells published in January 2006

Paleomagnetic quantification of upper-plate deformation during Miocene detachment faulting in the Mohave Mountains, Arizona

Paleomagnetism and geology of Eocene volcanic rocks of southwest Washington, Implications for mechanisms of tectonic rotation

scientific article published in 1985

Paleomagnetism and tectonic rotation of the lower Miocene Peach Springs Tuff: Colorado Plateau, Arizona, to Barstow, California

article

Paleomagnetism of Middle Tertiary volcanic rocks from the Western Cascade Series, northern California

article by Myrl E. Beck et al published 1986 in Journal of Geophysical Research

Paleomagnetism of the Tertiary Clarno Formation of central Oregon and its significance for the tectonic history of the Pacific Northwest

scientific article

Post 12 m.y. rotation of southwest Washington

article

Preliminary Geologic Map of the Uncas 7.5' Quadrangle, Callam and Jefferson Counties, Washington

scientific article published in 1999

Preliminary geologic map of the eastern Willapa Hills, Cowlitz, Lewis, and Wahkiakum Counties, Washington

scientific article published in 2014

Preliminary geologic map of the west half of the Vancouver (Washington-Oregon) 1 degree x 2 degree Quadrangle, Oregon

scientific article published in 1983

Preliminary map of fractures formed in the Summit Road-Skyland Ridge area during the Loma Prieta, California, earthquake of October 17, 1989

scientific article published in 1989

Puget Sound aeromagnetic maps and data

scholarly article

Reconnaissance geologic map of the Dixonville 7.5' quadrangle, Oregon

article by Angela S. Jayko et al published 2001 in Open-File Report

Saddle Mountain fault deformation zone, Olympic Peninsula, Washington: Western boundary of the Seattle uplift

scientific article

Scenic drive landslide of January-March 1998, La Honda, San Mateo County, California

scientific article published in 1998

Shaded-relief and color shaded-relief maps of the Willamette Valley, Oregon

scholarly article

Steady rotation of the Cascade arc

article

Strike-slip faults in the western Columbia River flood basalt province, Oregon and Washington

Subduction-zone magnetic anomalies and implications for hydrated forearc mantle

scholarly article

Tectonic Setting of the Wooded Island Earthquake Swarm, Eastern Washington

scholarly article by R. J. Blakely et al published 1 August 2012 in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Tectonic evolution of the Tualatin basin, northwest Oregon, as revealed by inversion of gravity data

scientific article published in April 2014

Tectonic setting of the Portland-Vancouver area, Oregon and Washington: Constraints from low-altitude aeromagnetic data

scholarly article

Tertiary volcanic and intrusive rocks on the Oregon and Washington continental shelf

scholarly article

The Cenozoic geology of the Oregon and Washington Coast Range; and road log for the Northwest Petroleum Association 9th annual field trip; Cenozoic geology of coastal Northwest Oregon

scholarly article

The Cottage Lake Aeromagnetic Lineament: A Possible Onshore Extension of the Southern Whidbey Island Fault, Washington

scholarly article

The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989 - Geologic Setting and Crustal Structure

scholarly article by Ray E. Wells published 2004 in Geological Survey Professional Paper

The spatial and temporal evolution of the Portland and Tualatin forearc basins, Oregon, USA

scholarly article

Three-dimensional velocity structure of Siletzia and other accreted terranes in the Cascadia forearc of Washington

scholarly article

Toward an Integrative Geological and Geophysical View of Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes

scholarly article

Upper crustal structure in Puget Lowland, Washington: Results from the 1998 Seismic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound

scientific article published in 2001

Using saline or brackish aquifers as reservoirs for thermal energy storage, with example calculations for direct-use heating in the Portland Basin, Oregon, USA

scientific article published in November 2020

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