CATASTROPHIC FLANK COLLAPSE ON TA’U ISLAND AND SUBSEQUENT TSUNAMI: HAS THIS OCCURRED DURING THE LAST 170 YEARS?
Ta’u, the easternmost inhabited island in the Samoan Islands archipelago, exhibits a series of down-faulted benches on its southern flank, believed to be the remnant of ~30 km3 catastrophic collapse. A historical map of Ta’u charted in 1839 during the United States Exploring Expedition, which did no...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tsunami Society International
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Science of Tsunami Hazards |
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| Online Access: | http://www.tsunamisociety.org/313WilliamsEtAl.pdf |