Probabilistic analysis of tsunami hazards

Natural Hazards

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-314

  Geist, Eric L ^a   Parsons, Tom ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical; Monte Carlo; Power law; Probabilistic hazard analysis; Seismic hazard analysis; Tide gauge; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; TSUNAMI;

EID: 32344435856     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-005-4646-z     Document Type: Article

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