Tsunami hazard assessment of Canada

• Published in: Natural Hazards
• Main Authors: Leonard, Lucinda J., Rogers, Garry C., Mazzotti, Stephane
• Other Authors: Geological Survey of Canada - Office (GSC), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), University of Victoria Canada (UVIC), Risques (Géosciences Montpellier), Géosciences Montpellier, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles et de la Guyane (UAG)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2014
• Subjects: Tsunami; Probabilistic hazard analysis; Canada; Earthquake; Landslide; [SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]; [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Arctic; Pacific; Mackenzie Delta
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00963614; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-013-0809-5

We present a preliminary probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment of Canadian coastlines from local and far-field, earthquake, and large submarine landslide sources. Analyses involve published historical, palaeotsunami and palaeoseismic data, modelling, and empirical relations between fault area, ear...