Effect of global sea level rise over the near, intermediate and long-term on tsunami waves at the Seal Cove coast guard station in northwestern British Columbia / Richard Thomson, Alexander Rabinovich,...: Fs97-18/361E-PDF
"The coast of British Columbia is susceptible to flooding and strong currents from trans-oceanic tsunamis. Global sea level rise and vertical tectonic land motions further compound the effects of future tsunamigenic events. The present study centres on the Seal Cove Coast Guard Station and environ located in Prince Rupert Harbour. We examine historical tsunamis observed at this location and the results of numerical modelling of the two potentially most dangerous Seal Cove tsunamis – a 1964-type Alaska and a 1700-type Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) tsunami – and estimate the risk for the region taking into account vertical tectonic motion and climatic sea level change. Of the seven major tsunamis recorded between 1909 and 2021, only the 1964 event caused hazardous conditions in the Prince Rupert area. Centuries earlier, the magnitude Mw = 9.0 CSZ earthquake of 26 January 1700 generated a trans-oceanic tsunami that also strongly affected the British Columbia coast. Such an event is likely to occur again sometime in the next 500 to 700 years. Based on reports by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), James et al. [2015; 2021] and Lemmen et al. [2016] examined sea level rise in western Canada that takes into account both climatic effects and vertical tectonic motions for low, moderate and high global sea level rise scenarios. These findings enabled us to estimate the effect that sea-level changes will have on future tsunamis impacting the entire British Columbia coast. Detailed results focus on the Seal Cove Coast Guard Station in the northwest corner of the province"--Abstract, page iv.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, issuing body. Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay, issuing body. |
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| Title | Effect of global sea level rise over the near, intermediate and long-term on tsunami waves at the Seal Cove coast guard station in northwestern British Columbia / Richard Thomson, Alexander Rabinovich, Lauren Lupton, Stephen Mundschutz, and Nicky Hastings. |
| Series title | Canadian technical report of hydrography and ocean sciences, 1488-5417 ; 361 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-75). Includes abstracts in English and French. |
| Publishing information | Sidney, BC : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences, 2023. ©2023 |
| Author / Contributor | Thomson, Richard E., author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (v, 75 pages) : colour illustrations, colour maps. |
| ISBN | 9780660683195 |
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| Subject terms | Tsunamis -- British Columbia -- Prince Rupert Harbour Region. Tsunamis -- British Columbia -- Prince Rupert Harbour Region -- Mathematical models. Tsunamis -- Risk assessment -- British Columbia -- Prince Rupert Harbour Region. Sea level -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast. Sea level -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- Prince Rupert Harbour Region. Tsunamis -- Colombie-Britannique -- Prince Rupert, Région du port de. Tsunamis -- Colombie-Britannique -- Prince Rupert, Région du port de -- Modèles mathématiques. Tsunamis -- Évaluation du risque -- Colombie-Britannique -- Prince Rupert, Région du port de. Mer -- Niveau -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Colombie-Britannique -- Pacifique, Côte du. Mer -- Niveau -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Colombie-Britannique -- Prince Rupert, Région du port de. |
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