Constrains on the source of the 1755 Lisbon tsunami inferred from numerical modelling of historical data on the source of the 1755 Lisbon tsunami

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 159-174

  Baptista, M A ^a,b   Miranda, P M A ^a,c   Miranda, J M ^a,c   Mendes Victor, L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1755 LISBON; EPICENTROS; TSUNAMI GENERATION; TSUNAMIS;

PORTUGAL, LISBON;

EID: 0031813196     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0264-3707(97)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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