U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 03-411
Preliminary Hydrodynamic Analysis of Landslide-Generated Waves in Tidal Inlet,
Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
By Eric L. Geist, Matthias Jakob, Gerald F. Wieczorek, and Peter
Dartnell
Introduction
A landslide block perched on the northern wall of Tidal Inlet, Glacier
Bay
National Park (Figure 1), has the potential to generate large waves in
Tidal Inlet and the western arm of Glacier Bay if it were to fail catastrophically.
Landslide-generated waves are a particular concern for cruise ships transiting
through Glacier Bay on a daily basis during the summer months. The objective
of this study is to estimate the range of wave
amplitudes and periods in the western arm of Glacier Bay from a catastrophic
landslide in Tidal Inlet. This study draws upon preliminary findings of
a field survey by Wieczorek et al. (2003), and evaluates the effects of
variations in landslide source parameters on the wave characteristics.
|
Download this 20-page report as a PDF document (4
MB)
For questions about the content of this report, contact Eric
Geist
Download a current version of Acrobat
Reader for free
| Help
| PDF help
| Geopubs main page | Open-File
Reports for 2003 |
| Privacy
Statement | Disclaimer
| Accessibility |
| Geologic Division |
Coastal and Marine Geology |
This report is available only on the Web
| Department of the Interior
| U.S. Geological Survey |
URL of this page: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of03-411/
Maintained by: Carolyn Donlin
Created: 10-20-03
Last modified: 10-21-03 (cad)