Assessment of tsunami hazard to the U.S.
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Uri S. ten Brink; Homa J. Lee; Eric L. Geist; David Twichell
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Article
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2009
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Submarine landslides along the continental slope of the U.S. Atlantic margin are potential sources for tsunamis along the U.S. East coast. The magnitude of potential tsunamis depends on the volume and location of the landslides, and tsunami frequency depends on their recurrence interval. However, th