Recent Publications

Refereed journal articles


2007

Hutchinson, I. and Crowell, A. "Recurrence and extent of great earthquakes in southern Alaska during the late Holocene from an analysis of the radiocarbon record of land-level change and village abandonment." Radiocarbon, 49, 1323-1385.

2005

Clague, J.J., Froese, D., Hutchinson, I., and James, T.S. “Early growth of the Cordilleran ice sheet deduced from glacio-isostatic depression in southwest British Columbia, Canada.” Quaternary Research 63, 53-59. [abstract]

James, T.S., Hutchinson, I., Barrie, J.V., Conway, K.W., and Mathews, D. "Relative sea-level change in the northern Strait of Georgia, British Columbia." Géographie physique et Quaternaire 59, 113-127.

Patterson, R.T., Dalby, A.P., Roe, H.M., Guilbault, J-P., Hutchinson, I., and Clague, J.J. 2005. "Relative utility of foraminifera, diatoms and macrophytes as high resolution indicators of paleo-sea level in coastal British Columbia, Canada."
Quaternary Science Reviews, 24, 2002-2014.

Williams, H.F.L., Hutchinson, I., and Nelson, A.R. "Multiple sources for late Holocene tsunamis at Discovery Bay, Washington State, USA." The Holocene 15, 60-73. [abstract]


2004

Hutchinson, I., James, T.S., Clague, J.J., Barrie, V., and Conway, K.W. "Reconstruction of late Quaternary sea-level change in southwestern British Columbia from sediments in isolation basins." Boreas 33, 183-194. [abstract]

Hutchinson, I., James, T.S., Reimer, P., Bornhold, B., and Clague, J.J. "Marine and limnic radiocarbon reservoir corrections for studies of late- and post-glacial environments in Georgia Basin and Puget Lowland." Quaternary Research 61, 193-203. [abstract]

Clague, J.J.,Wohlfarth, B., Ayotte, J., Eriksson, M, Hutchinson, I., Mathewes, R.M., Walker, I.R., and Walker, L. "Late Holocene environmental change at treeline in the northern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada." Quaternary Science Reviews 23, 2413-2431. [abstract]

Gutsell, J.E., Clague, J.J., Bobrowsky, P.T., and Hutchinson, I. "Architecture, stratigraphy, and sedimentology of a fjord-head delta, Zeballos, Briitish Columbia." Journal of Quaternary Science 19, 497-511. [abstract]


2003

Clague, J.J., Friele, P.F., and Hutchinson, I. "Chronology and hazards of large debris flows in the Cheekye River Basin, British Columbia, Canada." Environmental and Engineering Geoscience 9, 99-115. [abstract]


2002

James, T.S., Hutchinson, I., and Clague, J.J. "Improved relative sea-level histories for Victoria and Vancouver from isolation basin coring." Current Research 2002-A16; (Geological Survey of Canada), pp.1-7 [abstract]

McMillan, A and Hutchinson, I. "When the mountain dwarfs danced: paleoseismic events reflected in aboriginal traditions in northern Cascadia." Ethnohistory 49, 41-68. [abstract]


2001

Jelinski, D.E., Karagatzides, J.D., and Hutchinson, I. "On the annular growth pattern in Scirpus maritimus in an intertidal wetland: extension of the concept of cyclic development to within-clone spatial dynamics. Canadian Journal of Botany 79, 464-473. [abstract]


2000

Hutchinson, I., Guilbault, J-P., Clague, J.J., and Bobrowsky, P.T. "Tsunamis and tectonic deformation at the northern Cascadia margin: a 3000-year record from Deserted Lake, Vancouver Island." The Holocene 10, 429-439. [abstract]

Williams, H. and Hutchinson, I. "Stratigraphic and microfossil evidence for two late Holocene tsunamis at Swantown marsh, Whidbey Island, Washington State". Quaternary Research 54, 218-227. [abstract]

Patterson, R.T., Hutchinson, I., Guilbault, J-P and Clague, J.J. "A comparison of the vertical zonation of diatom, foraminifera and macrophyte assemblages in a coastal marsh: implications for greater paleo-sea level resolution". Micropaleontology 46, 229-244. [abstract]

James, T.S., Clague, J.J., Wang, K. and Hutchinson, I. "Postglacial rebound at the northern Cascadia subduction zone". Quaternary Science Reviews 19, 1527-1541. [abstract]

Clague, J.J., Bobrowsky, P.T., and Hutchinson, I. "The geologic record of large tsunamis on Vancouver Island, British Columbia". Quaternary Science Reviews 19, 849-863. [abstract]


1999

Clague, J.J., Hutchinson, I., Mathewes, R.W., and Patterson, R.T. "Geologic evidence for late Holocene tsunamis at Catala Lake, British Columbia". Journal of Coastal Research 15, 45-60. [abstract]


1998

Hutchinson, I., Patterson, R.T., and Mathewes, R.W. "Plant macrofossil, pollen, diatom, and foraminiferal biofacies of the Fraser delta". in: Clague, J.J., Luternauer, J.L., and Mosher, D.C. (eds.), 'Geology and Natural Hazards of the Fraser River delta, British Columbia' Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 525, p. 161-175. [abstract]

Clague, J.J., Mathewes, R.W., Guilbault, J-P., Hutchinson, I., and Ricketts, B. " 'Pre-Younger Dryas resurgence of the southwestern margin of the Cordilleran ice sheet, British Columbia, Canada'. Reply to comments". Boreas 27, 229-230.


1997

Hutchinson, I., Clague, J.J. and Mathewes, R.W. "Reconstructing the tsunami record on an emerging coast: a case study of Kanim Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada". Journal of Coastal Research 13, 545-553. [abstract]

Hutchinson, I. and McMillan, A. "Archaeological evidence for village abandonment associated with late Holocene earthquakes at the northern Cascadia subduction zone". Quaternary Research 48, 79-87. (abstract)

Clague, J.J., Mathewes, R.W., Guilbault, J.P., Hutchinson, I., Ricketts, B.D. "Pre-Younger Dryas resurgence of the southwestern margin of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet. British Columbia, Canada". Boreas 26, 261-276. (abstract)


Unrefereed Reports (2005 -

2006

Hutchinson, I. and Crowell, A. "Great earthquakes and tsunamis at the Alaska subduction zone: geo-archaeological evidence of recurrence and extent." Report to US National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (01-HQ-GR-0022); 96 pp. plus appendices.

2005

Clague, J.J., Hutchinson, I., and Lesemann, J.-E. "Tsunami Hazard at the Fraser River delta, British Columbia, Canada." Report presented to the City of Richmond and the Corporation of Delta. 23 pp.