[Rockhounds] The Long-Lost Tale of an 18th-Century Tsunami, as Told by Trees

[Paul]

The Long-Lost Tale of an 18th-Century Tsunami, as Told by Trees
Local evidence of the cataclysm has literally washed away over the
years. But Oregon’s Douglas firs may have recorded clues deep in
their tree rings. Max G. Levy, Wired Magazine, September 29, 2021
https://www.wired.com/story/the-long-lost-tale-of-an-18th-century-tsunami-as-told-by-trees/

the paper is:

Dziak, R. P., Black, B. A., Wei, Y., and Merle, S. G., 2021,
Assessing local impacts of the 1700 CE Cascadia earthquake and
tsunami using tree-ring growth histories: a case study in South
Beach, Oregon, USA, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 1971-1982.
https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/21/1971/2021/

Related paper is;

Patton, J. R., Goldfinger, C., Morey, A. E., Romsos, C., Black,
B., Djadjadihardja, Y., and Udrekh: Seismoturbidite record as
preserved at core sites at the Cascadia and Sumatra-Andaman
subduction zones, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 833-867.
https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/13/833/2013/

Yours,

Paul H.