USGS Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project
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Probing California’s Coastline to Unearth Traces of Paleotsunami: Implications for the Next USGS Multi-Hazards Scenario
By Robert Leeper Paleotsunami data along the California coast are rare and the data that do exist are limited to northern California. For a better understanding of the tsunami threat throughout central and southern California, prehistoric data need to be unearthed and documented in these regions. To accomplish this, the
Posted in Earthquake/Tsunami, Events, Tsunami Source
Tagged Pacific Wave, paleotsunami, Tsunami, tsunami deposits
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