Tsunami-generated boulder ridges in Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada

An array of east-trending ridges 1-2 m high and up to 2 km long occurs on the Tahoe City shelf, a submerged wave-cut bench

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Published in:Geology (Boulder) 2006-11, Vol.34 (11), p.965-968
Main Authors: Moore, James G, Schweickert, Richard A, Robinson, Joel E, Lahren, Mary M, Kitts, Christopher A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acoustical methods
algae
applied (geophysical surveys & methods)
bathymetry
boulder ridges
boulders
California
Cenozoic
clastic rocks
clastic sediments
cobbles
collapse structures
cores
depositional environment
diatoms
dredged samples
erratics
geologic hazards
Geology
geophysical methods
geophysical surveys
Geophysics
glacial environment
glaciated terrains
image analysis
lacustrine environment
lake sediments
Lake Tahoe
Lakes
landslides
Landslides & mudslides
laser methods
lidar methods
marine environment
mass movements
McKinney Bay
microfossils
Nevada
Placer County California
Plantae
Pleistocene
Quaternary
Quaternary geology
radar methods
sedimentary rocks
Sedimentation & deposition
sediments
shelf environment
siltstone
slope stability
slumping
sonar methods
surveys
Tidal waves
tsunamis
United States
upper Pleistocene
video methods
wave-cut platforms
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Summary:An array of east-trending ridges 1-2 m high and up to 2 km long occurs on the Tahoe City shelf, a submerged wave-cut bench
ISSN:0091-7613
1943-2682
DOI:10.1130/G22643A.1