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Morphologic characterisation of five distinct, eastern Australian upper continental slope submarine landslides enabled modelling of their tsunami hazard. Flow depth, run-up and inundation distance has been calculated for each of the five landslides. Future submarine landslides with similar characteristics to these could generate tsunami with maximum flow depths ranging 5–10 m at the coastline, maximum run-up of 5 m and maximum inundation distances of 1 km.
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We would like to acknowledge the P&O crew and scientific crews of the RV Southern Surveyor voyage (12/2008). Funding for this voyage was provided by ARC Australia and ConocoPhillips Pty Ltd. This paper benefitted from reviews by Dr Geoffroy Lamarche and Dr Julie Dickinson.
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Clarke, S. et al. (2014). Morphology of Australia’s Eastern Continental Slope and Related Tsunami Hazard. In: Krastel, S., et al. Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, vol 37. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00972-8_47
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