Tsunami hazard in the Eastern Mediterranean: Strong earthquakes and tsunamis in the Corinth Gulf, Central Greece

Natural Hazards

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 437-464

  Papadopoulos, Gerassimos A ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corinth Gulf; Strong earthquakes; Tsunami catalogue; Tsunami hazard

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; TSUNAMI;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

GOES;

EID: 0042323102     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024703531623     Document Type: Article

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