The tsunami induced by the 2003 Zemmouri earthquake (MW = 6.9, Algeria): Modelling and results

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 213-226

  Alasset, Pierre Jean ^a,d   Hébert, Hélène ^b   Maouche, Said ^c   Calbini, Valérie ^a   Meghraoui, Mustapha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mediterranean Sea; Propagation modelling; T waves; Tsunami; Zemmouri earthquake

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOTECTONICS; TSUNAMI; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; BOUMERDES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA; ZEMMOURI;

EID: 33745599878     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02912.x     Document Type: Article

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