Submarine landslides in the Santa Barbara Channel as potential tsunami sources

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-88

  Greene, H G ^a,b   Murai, L Y ^b   Watts, P ^c   Maher, N A ^d   Fisher, M A ^e   Paull, C E ^a   Eichhubl, P ^f  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Applied Fluids Engineering Inc   (United States)

^d AOA Geophysics Inc   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32244432986     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-6-63-2006     Document Type: Article

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