Tsunami hazard from submarine landslides on the Oregon continental slope

Marine Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 235-245

  McAdoo, B G ^a   Watts, P ^b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Applied Fluids Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascadia; Continental slope morphology; Hazard; Oregon; Submarine landslides; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HAZARDS; LANDSLIDES; SEISMOLOGY; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINES;

MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES;

TSUNAMIS;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FAULT SLIP; MASS MOVEMENT; SLOPE ANGLE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TSUNAMI;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642527230     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00307-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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