Cable failures off Oahu, Hawaii caused by Hurricane Iwa
Cable failures off Oahu, Hawaii caused by Hurricane Iwa
Date
1984-08
Authors
Hollister, Charles D.
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Citable URI
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Location
Oahu, HI
DOI
10.1575/1912/2933
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Keywords
Hurricane Iwa 1982
Hurricanes
Submarine cables
Telecommunication cables
Hurricanes
Submarine cables
Telecommunication cables
Abstract
Six submarine telecommunications cables on the steep insular slope
off southwest Oahu were damaged or broken by a combination of debris slides
and large-block talus movement or, for the shallowest cables, wave induced
chafe.
These problems were caused by the sea floor's response to high
surface energy produced by Hurricane Iwa. An examination of all available
data does not support the concept of failure by turbidity currents.
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Hollister, C. D. (1984). Cable failures off Oahu, Hawaii caused by Hurricane Iwa. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/2933