Numerical modelling of Tsunamis generated by hypothetical landslides in the strait of Georgia, British Columbia

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1273-1313

  Rabinovich, Alexander B ^a,c   Thomson, Richard E ^b   Bornhold, Brian D ^a   Fine, Isaac V ^a   Kulikov, Evgueni A ^a,c  

^a International Tsunami Research Inc   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Landslide generated tsunamis; Numerical modelling; Strait of Georgia; Tsunami prediction; Tsunami risk

Indexed keywords

MODELING; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI;

CANADA;

EID: 0037507336     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000240300006     Document Type: Article

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