Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2001

Keywords

Kilauea volcano, HUGO, Hydroacoustic detection, Submarine landslides

Abstract

Landslides produced at the site where lava flows into the ocean at Kilauea volcano have been detected hydroacoustically. Up to 10 landslides per day were detected by a hydrophone on the Hawaii Undersea Geo-Observatory (HUGO), located 50 km south of the entry site. The largest of these landslides, partly subaerial events known as bench collapses, were detected by a network of hydrophones in the eastern Pacific, 5000–7000 km away from the source. The landslides display a characteristic spectral signature easily recognizable among other signals such as earthquake T-phases and anthropogenic noises. The fact that signals are detected at great distances suggests that hydroacoustic detection of landslides could be a powerful tool in tsunami monitoring and modeling efforts.

Publication Title

Geophysical Research Letters

Volume

28

Issue

9

First Page

1811

Last Page

1813

Required Publisher's Statement

© 2001 American Geophysical Union

DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012545

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2000GL012545/abstract

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Submarine volcanoes--Hawaii--Kilauea; Underwater acoustics--Hawaii--Kilauea; Landslides--Hawaii--Kilauea

Geographic Coverage

Kilauea (Hawaii)

Genre/Form

articles

Type

Text

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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