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Title: Coastal Uplift and Mortality of Coralline Algae Caused by a 6.3Mw Earthquake, Oaxaca, Mexico

Description: Mortality of coralline algae proved to be a useful indicator of rapid coastal uplift produced by a strong shallow-focus earthquake. Because these encrusting algae can not survive desiccation, they can provide estimates of coseismic uplift. After the ...

Author: M-T Ramirez-Herrera, JJZ Orozco

Subject: Mexico; Tectonics; Mortality; Algae; Seismic Studies; Structural Geology; Coasts; Seaweeds; Desiccation; Mortality causes; Environmental effects; Air exposure; Wave action; Splash zone; Earthquakes; Epicentres; Intertidal environment; Uplift; Coastal morphology; Corallinaceae; ISE, Mexico, Oaxaca, Puerto Angel; ISE, Mexico, Oaxaca, Agua Blanca; ISE, Mexico, Oaxaca, La Boquilla; ISE, Mexico, Oaxaca, Ixtacahuite ; Puerto Angel Earthquake; coseismic uplift

Date Issued: 2002

Resource Type: Journal Article

Resource Identifier (ISSN) : 0749-0208

Source: Journal of Coastal Research [J. Coast. Res.]. Vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 75-81. 2002.

Language: English

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