Figure 15.27
Undersea debris slides in the Hawaiian Islands. (A) The north coast of Moloka‘i, shown here, has been shaped by large debris slides. These sea cliffs are the highest in the world. (B) The debris slides that shaped sea cliffs continued down the steep submarine slopes surrounding the Hawaiian Islands. The brown areas in this map show the extent of these submarine debris slides, most of which are larger than the islands themselves. The 2,000 m (6,560 ft) depth contour is shown.(A. © Richard J. Anderson)