The Sissano, Papua New Guinea tsunami of July 1998 - Offshore evidence on the source mechanism

Marine Geology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 1-23

  Tappin, D R ^a   Watts, P ^b   McMurtry, G M ^c   Lafoy, Y ^d   Matsumoto, T ^e  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Applied Fluids Engineering Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Service des Mines et de l'Energie   (New Caledonia)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Papua New Guinea; Seismology; Slumping; Subduction; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE SUBSIDENCE;

BATHYMETRY; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS; SUBSIDENCE; TSUNAMIS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

FAULT SLIP; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0035872638     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(01)00131-1     Document Type: Article

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