Sedimentology and Geomorphology of a Large Tsunamigenic Landslide, Taan Fiord, Alaska
Sedimentary Geology 364 (2018) 302–318 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Sedimentary Geology journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/sedgeo Special Issue Contribution: SEDIMENTARY EVIDENCE OF GEOHAZARDS Sedimentology and geomorphology of a large tsunamigenic landslide, Taan Fiord, Alaska A. Dufresne a,⁎, M. Geertsema b, D.H. Shugar c,M.Koppesd,B.Higmane, P.J. Haeussler f, C. Stark g, J.G. Venditti h, D. Bonno c,C.Larseni, S.P.S. Gulick j,N.McCallj,M.Waltonk, M.G. Loso l,M.J.Willism a RWTH-Aachen University, Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Lochnerstr. 4-20, 52064 Aachen, Germany b British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, 499 George Street, Prince George, Canada c Interdisciplinary Arts and Science, University of Washington Tacoma, 1900 Commerce St, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA d Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, 1984 West Mall, Vancouver, Canada e Ground Truth Trekking, Seldovia, AK, USA f U.S. Geological Survey, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK, USA g Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, 305A Oceanography, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY, USA h Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada i Geophysical Institute, The University of Alaska Fairbanks, 903 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK, USA j Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas, 10100 Burnet Road, Austin, TX, USA k USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, 2885 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA, USA l Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve and Central Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network, Copper Center, AK, USA m Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 216 UCB, Boulder, CO, USA article info abstract Article history: On 17 October 2015, a landslide of roughly 60 × 106 m3 occurred at the terminus of Tyndall Glacier in Taan Fiord, Received 28 May 2017 southeastern Alaska.
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