On the characteristics of landslide tsunamis

F Løvholt, G Pedersen, CB Harbitz… - … Transactions of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This review presents modelling techniques and processes that govern landslide tsunami
generation, with emphasis on tsunamis induced by fully submerged landslides. The analysis …

The holocene storegga slide tsunami in the United Kingdom

DE Smith, S Shi, RA Cullingford, AG Dawson… - Quaternary science …, 2004 - Elsevier
All currently known sites in the United Kingdom with evidence for the Holocene Storegga
Slide tsunami are described. Information on the altitude, distribution, stratigraphical context …

Physical criteria for distinguishing sandy tsunami and storm deposits using modern examples

RA Morton, G Gelfenbaum, BE Jaffe - Sedimentary Geology, 2007 - Elsevier
Modern subaerial sand beds deposited by major tsunamis and hurricanes were compared
at trench, transect, and sub-regional spatial scales to evaluate which attributes are most …

[图书][B] The underrated hazard

E Bryant - 2008 - Springer
In the last three years, there have been three large tsunamis in the Indian Ocean, most
notably the notorious one which struck on 26 December 2004 and killed more than 238,000 …

Slope failure dynamics and impacts from seafloor and shallow sub-seafloor geophysical data: case studies from the COSTA project

M Canals, G Lastras, R Urgeles, JL Casamor, J Mienert… - Marine Geology, 2004 - Elsevier
Holocene and slightly pre-Holocene submarine landslide are found both in high-latitude
glacial-dominated margins and in lower latitude, river-dominated margins. This paper …

Landslide tsunami case studies using a Boussinesq model and a fully nonlinear tsunami generation model

P Watts, ST Grilli, JT Kirby, GJ Fryer… - Natural hazards and …, 2003 - nhess.copernicus.org
Case studies of landslide tsunamis require integration of marine geology data and
interpretations into numerical simulations of tsunami attack. Many landslide tsunami …

Waves, coastal boulder deposits and the importance of the pre-transport setting

J Nott - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2003 - Elsevier
The pre-transport environment of a coastal boulder along with its shape, size and density
determines the height of wave required for it to be transported. Different forces act on sub …

The Sissano, Papua New Guinea tsunami of July 1998—offshore evidence on the source mechanism

DR Tappin, P Watts, GM McMurtry, Y Lafoy… - Marine Geology, 2001 - Elsevier
The source of the local tsunami of 17th July 1998 that struck the north shore of Papua New
Guinea remains controversial, and has been postulated as due either to seabed dislocation …

Fault slip and seismic moment of the 1700 Cascadia earthquake inferred from Japanese tsunami descriptions

K Satake, K Wang, BF Atwater - Journal of Geophysical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The 1700 Cascadia earthquake attained moment magnitude 9 according to new estimates
based on effects of its tsunami in Japan, computed coseismic seafloor deformation for …

The Papua New Guinea tsunami of 17 July 1998: anatomy of a catastrophic event

DR Tappin, P Watts, ST Grilli - Natural Hazards and Earth …, 2008 - nhess.copernicus.org
The Papua New Guinea (PNG) tsunami of July 1998 was a seminal event because it
demonstrated that relatively small and relatively deepwater Submarine Mass Failures …