Geology of Seward Park

I’ll update this page soon with more resources from the talk, but for now, here’s some of the additional references I used:

    • Blakely, Richard J., et al. “Location, structure, and seismicity of the Seattle fault zone, Washington: Evidence from aeromagnetic anomalies, geologic mapping, and seismic-reflection data.” Geological Society of America Bulletin 114.2 (2002): 169-177.
    • Haugerud, Ralph. Preliminary Geologic Map of Bainbridge Island, Washington. No. 2005-1387. 2005.
    • McLean, Hugh. “Lithofacies of the Blakeley Formation, Kitsap County, Washington: A submarine fan complex?.” Journal of Sedimentary Research 47.1 (1977).
    • Prothero, Donald R., and Elizabeth A. Nesbitt. “Paleomagnetism and tectonic rotation of Restoration Point Member of the Blakeley Formation (type Blakeley Stage), Bainbridge Island, Washington, and the Pacific Coast Oligocene-Miocene boundary.” New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 44 (2008): 315-322.
    • Wells, Ray, et al. “Geologic history of Siletzia, a large igneous province in the Oregon and Washington Coast Range: Correlation to the geomagnetic polarity time scale and implications for a long-lived Yellowstone hotspot.” Geosphere10.4 (2014): 692-719.

https://www.dnr.wa.gov/programs-and-services/geology/publications-and-data/publications-and-maps#geologic-maps.4

 

and here’s the old map and some additional references:

 

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I used Washington state’s DNR as the source for a lot of the above (eg https://fortress.wa.gov/dnr/protectiongis/geology/?Theme=wigm). See also:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1252/

https://pnsn.org/blog/2017/05/11/earthquake-swarm-ne-of-bremerton

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1991/0147/report.pdf

https://kcts9.org/sites/default/files/unit7_reading_blackriverdisappears.pdf

http://jsedres.geoscienceworld.org/content/47/1/78