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Valdez Alaska was badly impacted by deadly submarine landslide-induced tsunamis during the 1964 earthquake

Valdez Alaska Landslides and Tsunamis. Valdez Alaska was badly impacted by deadly submarine landslide-induced tsunamis during the 1964 earthquake. Harbor front failed into the fjord; waves over 30-m high were produced; town had to be moved. Tsunami wave runup during 1964 earthquake

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Valdez Alaska was badly impacted by deadly submarine landslide-induced tsunamis during the 1964 earthquake

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  1. Valdez Alaska Landslides and Tsunamis Valdez Alaska was badly impacted by deadly submarine landslide-induced tsunamis during the 1964 earthquake Harbor front failed into the fjord; waves over 30-m high were produced; town had to be moved.

  2. Tsunami wave runup during 1964 earthquake Port Valdez, Alaska Shoup Bay 18 m 12 m OLD VALDEZ 38 m 52 m 38 m Landslide blocks (?) Debris lobe? Fjord head delta Landslide blocks (?) 9 m 18 m 11 m 15 m 23 m 24 m 20 m 40 m 18 m

  3. Depth changes 1902-1966 Net volume gain = 329 million m3 Net volume loss = 241 million m3 + 70million m3 (source region) = 311 million m3 (0.3 km3)

  4. Landslide blocks SE of Shoup Bay, Port Valdez, Alaska

  5. 2006 San Francisco AGU • Tsunamis and Submarine Landslide Deposits: Identification and Interpretation of the Geologic Record • Conveners: Dave Tappin, Bruce Jaffe, Osamu Fujiwara, Jacques Locat and Homa Lee • 16 Oral presentations, 30 posters

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