Cable failures off Oahu, Hawaii caused by Hurricane Iwa
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/2933Location
Oahu, HIDOI
10.1575/1912/2933Abstract
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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