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Mass Movement Features Along the Central California Margin and Their Modeled Consequences for Tsunami Generation

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Many mass movement features have been mapped in the Monterey Bay region of central California. Most of these features have the appearance of being displaced by fluid flow. Therefore, fluids may have played a major role in facilitating mass movement along this tectonically active continental margin and will do so in the future. We selected three major areas of mass movement located within submarine canyons and modeled their potential to generate tsunamis. Run-up extent is dependent upon slump geometry, depth and size, and we believe that two could have produced tsunamis. The third area exhibits multiple retrogressive failures and future tsunami occurrences appear feasible.

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  1. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute & Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA, USA

    H. G. Greene

  2. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

    S. N. Ward

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  1. Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Laval University, Québec, Canada

    Jacques Locat  & Luc Boisvert  & 

  2. Department of Geology, University of Tromsø, Norway

    Jürgen Mienert

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Greene, H.G., Ward, S.N. (2003). Mass Movement Features Along the Central California Margin and Their Modeled Consequences for Tsunami Generation. In: Locat, J., Mienert, J., Boisvert, L. (eds) Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0093-2_38

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