Normal mode energetics for far-field tsunamis generated by dislocations and landslides

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 10-11, 2003, Pages 2189-2221

  Okal, Emile A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Directivity; Landslides; Normal modes; Tsumani theory

Indexed keywords

DISLOCATION; EIGENVALUE; LANDSLIDE; SEISMIC SOURCE; TSUNAMI;

EID: 0141958726     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-003-2426-9     Document Type: Article

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