Tsunami-generated boulder ridges in Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 965-968

  Moore, James G ^a   Schweickert, Richard A ^b   Robinson, Joel E ^a   Lahren, Mary M ^b   Kitts, Christopher A ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Santa Clara University   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Tahoe; Landslide; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

LAKE TAHOE; TSUNAMI-GENERATED BOULDER RIDGES;

LANDSLIDES; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENTS; TSUNAMIS;

LAKES;

BOULDER; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSLIDE; SLOPE; SLOPE FAILURE; TSUNAMI;

CALIFORNIA; LAKE TAHOE; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750958299     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22643A.1     Document Type: Article

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