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    Tsunami hazard along the U.S. Atlantic coast

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    Date
    2009-03-28
    Author
    ten Brink, Uri S.  Concept link
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    Citable URI
    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/2965
    As published
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2009.03.011
    DOI
    10.1016/j.margeo.2009.03.011
    Abstract
    Assessment of natural hazards typically relies on analysis of past occurrences of similar disaster events. Assessment of tsunami hazard to the Atlantic coast of the Unites States poses a scientific challenge because of the paucity of both historical events and pre-historic tsunami evidence. The Atlantic coast of the U.S., also known as the U.S. East Coast, is highly vulnerable to tsunami damage because major population centers and industrial facilities are located near the shoreline at low-lying elevations. This is in comparison with the Pacific coast of the United States where tsunamis are more frequent but the coastal regions are more sparsely populated and the emergent coastline has much more relief. The challenge for scientists is therefore to define and quantify the hazard for these rare events.
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    This paper is not subject to U.S. copyright. The definitive version was published in Marine Geology 264 (2009): 1-3, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2009.03.011.
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    Marine Geology 264 (2009): 1-3
     
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