Neotectonic Deformation on the Olympic Coast, Washington: Implications for Tectonic Processes and Earthquake Hazards

9405659波特新构造研究可以提供介于历史测量和基岩地质记录之间的中间地质时间尺度的变形数据。这个项目将考察华盛顿奥林匹克海岸的各种新构造特征，那里的勘测研究表明，与增长的楔形结构的发展有关的广泛的成本平行翘曲。变形速率将使用地层和年代学数据计算，并将用于区分弹性变形和永久变形。这一结果将对沉积构造模型以及海平面和沿海地形变形的相互作用具有相当重要的意义。

9405659 Porter Neotectonic studies can provide deformational data on intermediate geologic time scales between historic measurements and the geologic record as shows by bedrock geology. This project will examine a variety of neotectonic features a long the Olympic coast of Washington where reconnaissance studies have indicated broad cost-parallel warping related to the development of accretionary wedge structures. Rates of deformation will be calculated using stratigraphic and chronological data, and will be used to differentiate between elastic and permanent deformation. Results will be of considerable importance to models of accretionary tectonics and the interplay between sea level and coastal land form deformation.