@article{fdi:010053400,
  title = {{L}andslide-generated tsunamis at {R}eunion {I}sland},
  author = {{K}elfoun, {K}arim and {G}iachetti, {T}. and {L}abazuy, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{L}andslides that occur on oceanic volcanoes can reach the sea and trigger catastrophic tsunamis. {R}eunion {I}sland has been the location of numerous huge landslides involving tens to hundreds of cubic kilometers of material. {W}e use a new two-fluid (seawater and landslide) numerical model to estimate the wave amplitudes and the propagation of tsunamis associated with landslide events on {R}eunion {I}sland. {A} 10 km(3) landslide from the eastern flank of {P}iton de la {F}ournaise volcano would lift the water surface by about 150 m where it entered the sea. {T}he wave thus generated would reach {S}aint-{D}enis, the capital of {R}eunion {I}sland (population of about 150,000 people), in only 12 min, with an amplitude of more than 10 m, and would reach {M}auritius {I}sland in 18 min. {A}lthough {M}auritius is located about 175 km from the impact, waves reaching its coast would be greater than those for {R}eunion {I}sland. {T}his is due to the initial shape of the wave, and its propagation normal to the coast at {M}auritius but generally coast-parallel at {R}eunion {I}sland. {A} submarine landslide of the coastal shelf of 2 km(3), would trigger a similar to 40 m high wave that would severely affect the proximal coast in the western part of {R}eunion {I}sland. {F}or a landslide of the shelf of only 0.5 km(3), waves of about 2 m in amplitude would affect the proximal coast.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {G}eophysical {R}esearch. {E}arth {S}urface},
  volume = {115},
  numero = {},
  pages = {{F}04012},
  ISSN = {0148-0227},
  year = {2010},
  DOI = {10.1029/2009jf001381},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053400},
}