Simulation of historical tsunamis in the Taiwan region

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-30

  Ma, Kuo Fong ^a   Lee, Mon Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake magnitude; Historical tsunamis; Numerical tsunami technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031100291     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/tao.1997.8.1.13(t)     Document Type: Article

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