1881 and 1949 earthquakes at the Chios-Cesme Strait (Aegean Sea) and their relation to tsunamis

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 717-725

  Altinok, Y ^a   Alpar, B ^a   Ozer N ^a   Gazioglu, C ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; TSUNAMI;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 27644516112     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-5-717-2005     Document Type: Article

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