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Submarine slope failure scarps along the Cascadia subduction zone

May 26, 2026

Seafloor features identified as headward eroding mass failure scarps were digitized by hand from high-resolution multibeam bathymetry compilations (30 m grids) across the Cascadia subduction zone, which spans the region offshore of northern California, Oregon and Washington. These features were initially published by Hill et al. (2022; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117797) and here were present an updated version of this dataset.

Publication Year 2026
Title Submarine slope failure scarps along the Cascadia subduction zone
DOI 10.5066/P1M8N8CT
Authors Jenna C Hill
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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