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CUMBRE VIEJA VOLCANO -- POTENTIAL COLLAPSE AND TSUNAMI ATLA PALMA, CANARY ISLANDS (2001)

Geological evidence suggests that during a future eruption, Cumbre Vieja Volcano on the Island of La Palmamay experience a catastrophic failure of its west flank, dropping 150 to 500 km3 of rock into the sea. Using a geologically reasonable estimate of landslide motion, we model tsunami waves produced by such a collapse.
Reference:
WARD AND DAY: LA PALMA COLLAPSE AND TSUANMI Paper number 2001GL000000.
Organization:
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz California, USA
Canary Islands
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