Re-examination of the source mechanism of the 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake and tsunami

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 2071-2086

  Imamura, Fumihiko ^a   Hashi, Kazumasa ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Landslide; Papua New Guinea; Tsunami; Wave ray

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; EARTHQUAKE; RECONSTRUCTION; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0141889689     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2420-2     Document Type: Article

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