Giant landslides, mega-tsunamis, and paleo-sea level in the Hawaiian Islands

Marine Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 219-233

  McMurtry, G M ^a   Watts, P ^b   Fryer, G J ^a   Smith, J R ^a   Imamura, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Applied Fluids Engineering Inc   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Island; Landslide; Sea level; Subsidence; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; LANDSLIDES; SEA LEVEL; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; VOLCANOES;

EUSTATICS; GIANT SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES (GSL);

TSUNAMIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TSUNAMI;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642527267     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00306-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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