Destructive earthquake and disastrous tsunami in the Indian Ocean, what next?

Gondwana Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 246-257

  Harinarayana, T ^a,b   Hirata, Naoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Earthquake; East Asia; Indian Ocean; Natural hazard; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEISMICITY; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TSUNAMI EVENT; WARNING SYSTEM;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 16244418735     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71123-0     Document Type: Letter

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