Solving the puzzle of the 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami: The case for a slump

Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 863-877

  Okal, Emile A ^a   Borrero, José C ^a   Synolakis, Costas E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; HYDROPHONES; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; UNDERWATER PROBING;

SLUMPS;

TSUNAMIS;

EID: 0036393930     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40605(258)74     Document Type: Conference Paper

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