Numerical modelling of generation, propagation and run-up of tsunamis caused by oceanic impacts: Model strategy and technical solutions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-88

  Weiss, Robert ^a,c   Wünnemann, Kai ^b   Bahlburg, Heinrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrocode modelling; Impact cratering; Long wave run up; Oceanic impacts; tsunami wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; NONLINEAR WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; TSUNAMI; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33749350824     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02889.x     Document Type: Article

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