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by Jerry Thompson


  mountain-tilting paper

  turbidite-landslide debate

  Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS)

  aftershocks

  Alaska (see Adak Island; Anchorage;

  Kodiak; Palmer; Prince William

  Sound; Valdez)

  Alaskan earthquake and tsunami of 1964

  aftershocks

  Alberni Inlet

  Anchorage

  angle of fault debate

  Bamfield

  Benioff, Hugo

  casualties

  compared with 1906 California earthquake

  compared with Chilean earthquake of 1960

  damage caused by,

  epicenter

  eyewitness accounts

  Grantz, Arthur

  magnitude

  Meishusan Maru

  Montague Island

  Plafker, George

  Prince William Sound

  seismogenic zone

  tsunami reaches Crescent City

  tsunami strikes Port Alberni

  Turnagain Heights

  USGS field investigation

  Alaska Standard

  Alaska Tsunami Warning Centers

  Alberni Inlet

  Albert Head GPS monument

  Aleutian Islands

  Aleutian Trench

  Allen, Clarence

  Alpine (New Zealand) fault

  Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act

  American Geophysical Union (AGU)

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  (ASCE)

  Anchorage

  Alaskan earthquake of 1964,

  Anchorage Daily News

  Ando, Masataka

  aseismic debate

  locked tectonic plates debate

  Ando, Miko

  Andreanof Islands earthquake and tsunami of 1986

  Adak Island

  Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

  magnitude

  Naval Air Station on Adak Island

  Aneyoshi Bay

  angle of fault debate

  animal behavior

  antinuclear activists

  Applegate, Bruce

  Arcata

  aseismic subduction

  aseismic zones

  asperities

  Astoria

  Astoria Bridge

  Astoria Canyon

  Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) (see also Nuclear Regulatory Commission)

  Atwater, Brian

  crustal compression, measuring

  date and time of last CSZ quake

  earthquake history of CSZ

  ghost forest discovery

  locked tectonic plates debate

  Monmouth conference

  orphan tsunami research

  B

  Bakun, William

  explanation of Richter scale

  first official prediction experiment in U.S.

  first official USGS seismic prediction

  Parkfield earthquake prediction experiment

  prediction debate

  threat of great subduction quake on Juan de Fuca plate

  Balazs, Emery

  aseismic debate

  locked tectonic plates debate

  Balch, Billy

  Bamfield

  Banda Aceh

  Barclay Canyon

  Barker, Doug

  bathymetry (see also computer models of tsunamis)

  Beijing

  Benioff, Hugo

  Benioff zone

  Benning, Jerry

  Bernard, Eddie

  comparing Cascadia event with Katrina

  computer models of a Cascadia tsunami

  computer models of Sumatra tsunami of 2004,

  raising public awareness

  Sumatra 2004, response to

  tsunami warning systems

  Big One

  blind fault

  Bobrowsky, Peter

  Bodega Head

  Bolt, Bruce

  bottom pressure recorder (BPR)

  British Columbia (see Alberni Inlet; Bamfield; Campbell River; Cape Scott; Port Alberni; Tofino; Ucluelet; Vancouver; Vancouver Island; Victoria)

  British Columbia’s Provincial Emergency Program (PEP)

  building codes

  Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act

  Large-Scale Earthquake Countermeasures Act

  quake effects on tall buildings, Seattle study

  Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

  Burke, Bud

  C

  caldera

  California (see Arcata; Bodega Head; Cape Mendocino; Coalinga; Crescent City; Eureka; Ferndale; Humboldt Bay; La Jolla; Los Angeles; McKinleyville; Menlo Park; Oakland; Parkfield; Paso Robles; Petrolia; Sacramento; San Francisco; Santa Cruz; Sylmar)

  California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

  Benioff, Hugo

  Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory

  Heaton, Tom

  Jing Yan

  Kanamori, Hiroo

  Press, Frank

  camera, high-speed

  Campbell River

  Cao Xianqing

  Mr. Earthquake

  Cape Aonae

  Cape Disappointment

  Cape Flattery

  Cape Mendocino

  angle of fault debate

  Cascadia Subduction Zone

  Mendocino Triple Junction

  San Andreas fault

  San Francisco earthquake of 1906,

  turbidite-landslide debate

  westernmost point of land

  Cape Mendocino earthquakes of 1992

  aftershocks

  Carver, Gary

  casualties

  Crescent City

  CSZ

  damage caused by

  Dengler, Lori

  epicenters

  eyewitness account

  Ferndale

  ground displacement

  magnitude

  main shock

  NOAA’s reaction

  Petrolia

  significance

  subduction zone

  tsunami

  Cape Scott

  Caribbean plate

  Carver, Deborah

  Carver, Gary

  crustal compression, measuring

  “decades of terror” scenario

  earthquake history of CSZ

  experience of Cape Mendocino earthquakes of 1992,

  PG&E nuclear power plant

  Cascade Arc

  Cascadia earthquake and tsunami of 1700,

  Aboriginal stories

  date and time confirmed by scientists

  estimate of magnitude

  ghost forest, discovery of

  orphan tsunami research

  projected wave height

  speed of tsunami crossing ocean

  Cascadia fault (see under Cascadia Subduction Zone)

  Cascadia Region Earthquake Workgroup (CREW)

  Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ)

  Cascadia fault

  comparison of Cascadia, Alaska and Chile subduction zones

  comparison of Cascadia and San Andreas faults

  creation of Cascade Arc of volcanoes

  CSZ quake compared with Hurricane Katrina

  date and time of last Cascadia earthquake

  earthquake triggering

  extended timeline of CSZ events

  first official announcement of Cascadia quake threat

  ghost forest, discovery of

  Juan de Fuca Subduction Zone

  orphan tsunamis

  parallels between Alpine and Cascadia faults

  Queen Charlotte fault as segment of CSZ

  recurrence interval for CSZ earthquakes

  relationship between San Andreas and Cascadia faults

  seismogenic zones

  size and location

  Central Aleutians Seismic Network

  Melbourne, Timothy

  Chairman Mao

  Ch
ilean earthquake of 1960

  aseismic question

  Bakun, William

  Benioff, Hugo

  casualties

  computer model

  eyewitness accounts of tsunami waves

  fault controversy

  ground displacement

  magnitude

  main shock

  new South American fault

  Plafker, George

  seafloor spreading

  significance

  subduction zone

  tsunami casualties

  tsunami wave height

  Wang, Kelin

  Chilean earthquake of 2010,

  casualties

  computer models

  ground displacement, successful prediction of

  magnitude

  new building codes

  public awareness

  subduction zone

  Wang, Kelin

  China syndrome

  China Syndrome, The (film)

  Christchurch earthquake of 2011

  casualties

  magnitude

  Clague, John

  Coalinga earthquake of 1983, (see also Bakun, William; Lindh, Allan)

  magnitude

  Coast Range Mountains

  mountain-tilting paper (Adams)

  Cocos Island

  Cocos plate

  Collins, Tom

  Columbia Bar

  Columbia basin

  Columbia River

  computer models of tsunamis (see also bathymetry; wave tank experiment)

  Goldfinger, Chris

  Heaton, Tom

  Jing Yan

  Lynett, Patrick

  Titov, Vasily

  continental displacement (see continental drift debate)

  continental drift debate (see also plate tectonics debate)

  convection cell

  convergent plate boundary

  Copalis River

  Corcoran, Patrick

  demonstration of Seaside evacuation route

  disaster preparedness

  wave tank experiment

  Corvallis

  Cox, Dan

  Crater Lake(see also Mount Mazama)

  creepmeters

  Crescent City tsunami of 1992

  wave height

  Crescent City tsunami of 2006

  damage caused by

  eyewitness accounts

  Crosson, Robert

  CSZ (see Cascadia Subduction Zone)

  Cultural Revolution

  D

  damage caused by earthquakes and tsunamis (see under specific events)

  fires

  Darienzo, Mark

  Dashiqiao

  “decades of terror” scenario

  deep-ocean buoys

  Dengler, Lori

  earthquake history of CSZ

  experience of Cape Mendocino earthquakes of 1992

  NOAA pays attention to CSZ

  PG&E nuclear reactor

  prediction debate

  raising public awareness

  Simeulue Island story

  Tilly Smith story

  Tohoku-Oki earthquake and tsunami of 2011,

  Dennis, Robert

  detection equipment

  bottom pressure recorder (BPR)

  creepmeters

  seismographs

  seismometers

  tiltmeters

  tsunameters

  DeVall, Ron

  documentaries

  Quake Hunters

  ShockWave

  Douglas, Robb

  Dragert, Herb

  crustal compression, measuring

  earthquake history of CSZ

  earthquake triggering

  episodic tremor and slip (ETS)

  locked subduction zone debate

  locked tectonic plates debate

  Plate Boundary Observatory project

  silent slip

  Wilson, J. Tuzo

  E

  Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)

  Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory

  Earthquake Prediction and Public Policy (see also prediction debate)

  Earthquake Research Institute (Japan)

  earthquake triggering

  EarthScope

  Plate Boundary Observatory project

  SAFOD project

  USArray

  van der Vink, Greg

  East Pacific Rise

  Eel River

  elastic rebound hypothesis

  “Elvis” fault

  epicenters

  episodic tremor and slip (ETS)

  Adams, John

  Dragert, Herb

  Goldfinger, Chris

  Rogers, Garry

  silent slip

  Wang, Kelin

  Eureka

  new faults discovered

  nuclear power plant

  Ewa Beach

  Explorer plate

  eyewitness accounts

  Alaskan earthquake and tsunami of 1964

  Cape Mendocino earthquakes of 1992

  Chilean tsunami of 1960

  Crescent City tsunami of 1964

  Crescent City tsunami of 2006

  Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004

  Kuril Islands earthquake of 2006

  Mexico City earthquake of 1985

  Port Alberni tsunami of 1964

  Tohoku-Oki earthquake of 2011

  F

  false alarms, dealing with

  fault plane solution

  faults (see also San Andreas Fault)

  active

  Alpine (New Zealand)

  blind

  definition of

  “Elvis,”

  Hayward

  Japan Trench

  Jinzhou

  Little Salmon

  Queen Charlotte

  strike-slip

  subduction

  thrust

  Wecoma

  Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

  Jonientz-Trisler, Chris

  Ferndale

  Ferndale earthquake of 1975

  threat to PG&E nuclear power plant

  films

  The China Syndrome

  It’s a Wonderful Life

  Krakatoa

  Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR)

  fold and thrust belt

  Forbes, Yvonne

  foreshocks (see also episodic tremor and slip)

  fractures (see faults)

  Fritts, Stephanie

  full margin rupture

  G

  Gaetz, Simon

  Gaetz, Yvette

  Gang of Four

  Geller, Robert J.

  Geodolites

  Geological Society of America (GSA) meetings

  Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)

  Adams, John

  Dragert, Herb

  Hyndman, Roy

  Mazzotti, Stéphane

  Riddihough, Robin

  Rogers, Garry

  Schmidt, Mike

  Wang, Kelin

  Weichert, Dieter

  Geological Survey of Japan

  Satake, Kenji

  Geology

  geometric discontinuity

  Geos

  ghost forests, discovery of

  Copalis River

  Glacial Lake Missoula

  Golden Gate Bridge

  Goldfinger, Chris

  earthquake history of CSZ

  earthquake triggering

  episodic tremor and slip (ETS)

  locked zone debate

  mud-core sampling

  oilfield technology techniques

  prediction debate

  recurrence interval for CSZ earthquakes

  relationship between San Andreas and Cascadia faults

  research cruises

  research cruise to Sumatra

  Tohoku-Oki earthquake of 2011,

  turbidite-landslide debate

  turbidite timeline

  using c
omputer models to test ideas

  wiggle-matching

  Good Friday earthquake of 1964 (see Alaskan earthquake of 1964)

  Gorda plate

  Gorda Ridge

  Grant, Wendy

  Grantz, Arthur

  Grays Harbor

  great earthquakes, definition

  Griggs, Gary

  ground displacement (see under specific events)

  Gu Haoding

  Gutenberg, Beno

  H

  Haicheng earthquake of 1975, (see also Tangshan earthquake of 1976)

  animal behavior

  Cao Xianqing

  casualties

  China’s seismic prediction program

  Cultural Revolution

  damage to buildings

  Dashiqiao

  economic loss

  epicenter

  evacuation

  foreshocks

  Gang of Four

  ground displacement

  groundwater fluctuations

  Gu Haoding

  Jinxian Observatory

  Jinzhou fault

  population

  Shipengyu Earthquake Observatory

  skeptics

  Wang, Kelin

  world’s first successful prediction and evacuation

  Yingkou County

  Zhu Fengming

  Haitian earthquake of 2010

  Harper, Bob

  Harris, Grady

  Hartzell, Stephen

  Hawaii

  Ewa Beach

  Hilo

  Hayward fault

  Heaton, Tom

  CSZ compared to other subduction zones

  locked tectonic plates debate

  locked zone debate

  quake effects on tall buildings, Seattle study

  Heiken, Grant

  Heritage Research Associates

  Hilo

  Hilo tsunami of 1946

  Himalayas

  Hokkaido

  Hokkaido earthquake of 1993

  Honshu

  Hull, Don

  Humboldt Bay

  nuclear power plant

  Humboldt State University (HSU)

  Burke, Bud

  Carver, Gary

  Dengler, Lori

  Stephens, Tom

  Huu-ay-aht people

  Hyndman, Roy

  I

  Ilwaco

  Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004

  Aceh province

  Banda Aceh

  casualties

  computer models of

  Langi village

  Phuket

  projecting Sumatra-size waves for Cascadia

  Simeulue Island

  wave heights

  insurance

  International Association of Geodesy

  International Tsunami Survey Teams (ITST)

  inundation zones

  Israel, Bill

  It’s a Wonderful Life (film)

  J

  Jackson, David

  Japan(see also Aneyoshi Bay; Hokkaido; Honshu; Kuwagasaki; Minamisanriku; Sendai; Tanabe; Tokyo)

  Ando, Miko

  Earthquake Research Institute

  Geller, Robert J.

  historical earthquake and tsunami records

  Kikuchi, Masayuki

  Large-Scale Earthquake Countermeasures Act

 

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