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Destruction of the First Nations Village of Kwalate by a Rock Avalanche-generated Tsunami Brian D. Bornhold1, John R. Harper1, Duncan McLaren2 and Richard E. Thomson3,* 1School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of
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Document Date: 2010-01-27 12:58:23


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Dordrecht / New York / Victoria / Vancouver / Kitimat / Amsterdam / Kwalate / London / Chicago / /

Company

Columbia University Press / Smithsonian Institution Press / L.M. LARSEN S.A.S. / The University of Chicago Press / University of British Columbia Press / /

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North America / /

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Greenland / Netherlands / Norway / Canada / /

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AED / /

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Event

Natural Disaster / /

Facility

University of Victoria / Institute of Ocean Sciences / Harbour Publishing / Norwegian Geotechnical Institute / Royal British Columbia Museum / Skagway Harbour / /

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tsunami energy / rock avalanche site / landslide site / metal implements / fractional energy conversion coefficients / village site / rock avalanche kinetic energy / energy / acoustic and other energy loss terms / kinetic energy / potential energy / wave energy / wave energy conversion coefficient / scarce tools / fractional energy coefficient / tsunami wave energy / outward propagating wave energy / /

NaturalFeature

Knight Inlet / Alaska / British Columbia / Kwalate River / Northwest Coast / Gilbert Inlet / Lituya Bay / /

Organization

Columbia University / Department of Fisheries and Oceans / Institute of Ocean Sciences / The University of Chicago / University of Victoria / Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society / University of Chicago Press / Chicago and London / Norwegian Geotechnical Institute / Bank of England / Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada / Smithsonian / University of British Columbia / /

Person

Harry / Brian D. Bornhold / William Proctor / J. Mienert / Patrick Cummins / William Glendale II / John P. Tully / J. Locat / William Glendale / Ship / Bill Proctor / Anne / Billy / /

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journal editor / *Corresponding author / Coast Guard / D.J. / author / hereditary chief / present hereditary chief / Chief / /

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S.A.S / /

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Alaska / British Columbia / New York / Victoria / /

Region

central coast / West Greenland / West Norway / /

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