Physics – Geophysics
Scientific paper
Jun 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3311307t&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 11, CiteID L11307
Physics
Geophysics
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Hydrology: Erosion, Marine Geology And Geophysics: Submarine Landslides, Nonlinear Geophysics: Phase Transitions, Oceanography: Physical: Tsunamis And Storm Surges, Oceanography: General: Continental Shelf And Slope Processes (3002)
Scientific paper
We have established for the first time a size frequency distribution for carbonate submarine slope failures. Using detailed bathymetry along the northern edge of the carbonate platform north of Puerto Rico, we show that the cumulative distribution of slope failure volumes follows a power-law distribution. The power-law exponent of this distribution is similar to those for rock falls on land, commensurate with their interpreted failure mode. The carbonate volume distribution and its associated volume-area relationship are significantly different from those for clay-rich debris lobes in the Storegga slide, Norway. Coupling this relationship with tsunami simulations allows an estimate of the maximum tsunami runup and the maximum number of potentially damaging tsunamis from landslides to the north shore of Puerto Rico.
Andrews Brian D.
Geist Eric L.
ten Brink Uri S.
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