Source of the great tsunami of 1 April 1946: A landslide in the upper Aleutian forearc

Marine Geology

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 201-218

  Fryer, Gerard J ^a   Watts, Philip ^b   Pratson, Lincoln F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Applied Fluids Engineering Inc   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleutians; Geologic hazards; Glacial sediments; Submarine landslides; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DATA REDUCTION; DECAY (ORGANIC); EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; LANDSLIDES; SEISMOLOGY; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

WAVE HEIGHTS;

TSUNAMIS;

EARTHQUAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TSUNAMI;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642568083     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00305-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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