Physical modeling of landslide generated tsunamis in various scenarios from Fjords to Conical Islands

Tsunamis generated by landslides and volcanic island collapses account for some of the most catastrophic events, and the largest recorded wave runup was generated by a supercritical landslide impact in Lituya Bay, Alaska. Unfortunately field data from these types of events is very limited, consistin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McFall, Brian Charles
Other Authors: Fritz, Hermann M.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/54030