Paleotsunami evidence on Kaua'i and numerical modeling of a great Aleutian tsunami

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 6795-6802

  Butler, Rhett ^a   Burney, David ^b   Walsh, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^c Pacific Tsunami Warning Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleutian; earthquake; Hawaii; Mw9+; paleotsunami; tsunami

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FLOODS; TSUNAMIS;

ALEUTIAN; HAWAII; HIGH-RESOLUTION BATHYMETRIES; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; MW9; PALEOTSUNAMI; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS; TSUNAMI INUNDATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

CLIMATE MODELING; DEPOSITION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ISLAND; PALEOCLIMATE; SINKHOLE; TSUNAMI;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911370770     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061232     Document Type: Article

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