Data release for Coastal paleogeography of the Pacific Northwest, USA, for the last 12,000 years accounting for three-dimensional Earth structure
February 18, 2022
Here we use RSL predictions from a 3-D solid Earth model that have been validated by RSL data to update previous paleogeographic reconstructions of the OR-WA coast for the last 12 kyr based on a 1-D solid Earth model. The large differences in the spatial variations in RSL on the OR-WA continental shelves predicted by the 3-D model relative to eustatic and 1-D models demonstrate that accurate reconstructions of coastal paleogeography for predictive modeling of submerged archaeological sites need to account for 3-D viscoelastic Earth structure in areas of complex tectonics.
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Publication Year | 2022 |
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Title | Data release for Coastal paleogeography of the Pacific Northwest, USA, for the last 12,000 years accounting for three-dimensional Earth structure |
DOI | 10.5066/P9171XA9 |
Authors | Jay R Alder, Jorie Clark |
Product Type | Data Release |
Record Source | USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog |
USGS Organization | Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center |
Rights | This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal |
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