The 1867 Virgin Island Tsunami

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 367-376

  Zahibo, N ^a   Pelinovsky, E ^b   Yalciner, A C ^c   Kurkin, A ^d   Koselkov, A ^d   Zaitsev, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NIZHNY NOVGOROD STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY N A R E ALEKSEEV   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; TSUNAMI;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; VIRGIN ISLANDS;

EID: 1642322903     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-3-367-2003     Document Type: Article

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