List of works - Alan R. Nelson

A 600-year-long stratigraphic record of tsunamis in south-central Chile

scientific article published on 28 July 2016

A sea-level database for the Pacific coast of central North America

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Back to full interseismic plate locking decades after the giant 1960 Chile earthquake

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Beach ridges as paleoseismic indicators of abrupt coastal subsidence during subduction zone earthquakes, and implications for Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone paleoseismology, southeast coast of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

scholarly article by Harvey M. Kelsey et al published April 2015 in Quaternary Science Reviews

Changing impacts of Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone tsunamis in California under future sea-level rise

scientific article published in 2021

Coastal evidence for Holocene subduction-zone earthquakes and tsunamis in central Chile

scientific article published in April 2015

Differences in coastal subsidence in southern Oregon (USA) during at least six prehistoric megathrust earthquakes

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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

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

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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

Great earthquakes of variable magnitude at the Cascadia subduction zone

scholarly article by Alan R. Nelson et al published May 2006 in Quaternary Research

Heterogeneous rupture in the great Cascadia earthquake of 1700 inferred from coastal subsidence estimates

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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 earthquakes and right-lateral slip on the left-lateral Darrington–Devils Mountain fault zone, northern Puget Sound, Washington

scientific article

Holocene fault scarps near Tacoma, Washington, USA

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

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Map and data for Quaternary faults and folds in Washington state

scientific article published in 2004

Modern foraminifera, δ13C, and bulk geochemistry of central Oregon tidal marshes and their application in paleoseismology

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Paleoseismology of the Wasatch Fault Zone: A Summary of Recent Investigations, Interpretations, and Conclusions

scientific article published in 1992

Radiocarbon evidence for extensive plate-boundary rupture about 300 years ago at the Cascadia subduction zone

scientific article published in Nature

Relationships between diatoms and tidal environments in Oregon and Washington, USA

Sedimentary evidence of prehistoric distant‐source tsunamis in the Hawaiian Islands

Subduction zone slip variability during the last millennium, south-central Chile

scientific article published in November 2017

Testing Megathrust Rupture Models Using Tsunami Deposits

scientific article published in May 2024

Testing Megathrust Rupture Models Using Tsunami Deposits

The Catfish Lake Scarp, Allyn, Washington preliminary field data and implications for earthquake hazards posed by the Tacoma Fault

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The Wasatch fault zone, Utah—segmentation and history of Holocene earthquakes

scientific article published in January 1991

The potential for great earthquakes in Oregon and Washington; an overview of recent coastal geologic studies and their bearing on segmentation of Holocene ruptures, central Cascadia subduction zone

scholarly article by Alan R. Nelson & Stephen F. Personius published 1991 in Open-File Report

Tsunami history of an Oregon coastal lake reveals a 4600 yr record of great earthquakes on the Cascadia subduction zone

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Tsunami recurrence in the eastern Alaska-Aleutian arc: A Holocene stratigraphic record from Chirikof Island, Alaska

scholarly article by Alan R. Nelson et al published 1 July 2015 in Geosphere

Uplift and subsidence reveal a nonpersistent megathrust rupture boundary (Sitkinak Island, Alaska)

scholarly article by Richard W. Briggs et al published 14 April 2014 in Geophysical Research Letters

Variability of intertidal foraminiferal assemblages in a salt marsh, Oregon, USA

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List of works by Alan R. Nelson

A 600-year-long stratigraphic record of tsunamis in south-central Chile

A sea-level database for the Pacific coast of central North America

Back to full interseismic plate locking decades after the giant 1960 Chile earthquake

Beach ridges as paleoseismic indicators of abrupt coastal subsidence during subduction zone earthquakes, and implications for Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone paleoseismology, southeast coast of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska

Changing impacts of Alaska-Aleutian subduction zone tsunamis in California under future sea-level rise

Coastal evidence for Holocene subduction-zone earthquakes and tsunamis in central Chile

Differences in coastal subsidence in southern Oregon (USA) during at least six prehistoric megathrust earthquakes

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

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

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

Great earthquakes of variable magnitude at the Cascadia subduction zone

Heterogeneous rupture in the great Cascadia earthquake of 1700 inferred from coastal subsidence estimates

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

Holocene earthquakes and right-lateral slip on the left-lateral Darrington–Devils Mountain fault zone, northern Puget Sound, Washington

Holocene fault scarps near Tacoma, Washington, USA

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

Map and data for Quaternary faults and folds in Washington state

Modern foraminifera, δ13C, and bulk geochemistry of central Oregon tidal marshes and their application in paleoseismology

Paleoseismology of the Wasatch Fault Zone: A Summary of Recent Investigations, Interpretations, and Conclusions

Radiocarbon evidence for extensive plate-boundary rupture about 300 years ago at the Cascadia subduction zone

Relationships between diatoms and tidal environments in Oregon and Washington, USA

Sedimentary evidence of prehistoric distant‐source tsunamis in the Hawaiian Islands

Subduction zone slip variability during the last millennium, south-central Chile

Testing Megathrust Rupture Models Using Tsunami Deposits

Testing Megathrust Rupture Models Using Tsunami Deposits

The Catfish Lake Scarp, Allyn, Washington preliminary field data and implications for earthquake hazards posed by the Tacoma Fault

The Wasatch fault zone, Utah—segmentation and history of Holocene earthquakes

The potential for great earthquakes in Oregon and Washington; an overview of recent coastal geologic studies and their bearing on segmentation of Holocene ruptures, central Cascadia subduction zone

Tsunami history of an Oregon coastal lake reveals a 4600 yr record of great earthquakes on the Cascadia subduction zone

Tsunami recurrence in the eastern Alaska-Aleutian arc: A Holocene stratigraphic record from Chirikof Island, Alaska

Uplift and subsidence reveal a nonpersistent megathrust rupture boundary (Sitkinak Island, Alaska)

Variability of intertidal foraminiferal assemblages in a salt marsh, Oregon, USA