Numerical study of tsunami generated by multiple submarine slope failures in Resurrection Bay, Alaska, during the MW 9.2 1964 earthquake

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 131-152

  Suleimani, Elena ^a   Hansen, Roger ^a   Haeussler, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

1964 Alaska earthquake; Landslide generated tsunamis; Numerical modeling; Resurrection Bay; Seward

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMIC ZONE; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBMARINE SLOPE; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST; TSUNAMI;

ALASKA; KENAI PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; RESURRECTION BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62849094114     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-0430-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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