Stratigraphic constraints on the timing and emplacement of the Alika 2 giant Hawaiian submarine landslide

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 35-58

  McMurtry, Gary M ^a   Herrero Bervera, Emilio ^a   Cremer, Maximilian D ^a   Smith, John R ^a   Resig, Johanna ^a   Sherman, Clark ^a   Torresan, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alika 2; Landslide; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

QUATERNARY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; TSUNAMI;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033620080     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00097-9     Document Type: Article

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