Experimental study on tsunamis generated by landslides

Tsunami generated by landslides is one of the major threats to populations in coastal areas. A recent example is the 2017 Nuugaatsiaq tsunami. The village in Greenland was partially swept by a tsunami created by a landslide that fell into the Karrat Fjord. We carried out laboratory experiments to un...

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Main Authors: Meng, Zhenzhu, Ancey, Christophe, Maeder, Ivan
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Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-18230
https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/278480/files/EGU2020-18230-print.pdf
http://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/278480