Offshore breaking of impact tsunami: The Van Dorn effect revisited

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Korycansky, D G ^a   Lynett, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COASTAL ZONES; CODES (STANDARDS); NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

UNDERWATER; WAVE BREAKING; WAVETRAINS;

TSUNAMIS;

NUMERICAL MODEL; SHOALING WAVE; TSUNAMI; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 22444442308     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021918     Document Type: Article

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