The Sumatra tsunami of 26 December 2004 as observed in the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 647-677

  Rabinovich, Alexander B ^a,b   Thomson, Richard E ^a   Stephenson, Fred E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Institut Maurice Lamontagne   (Canada)

Author keywords

2004 Sumatra Earthquake; Atlantic; North America; Pacific; Tide gauge record; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; TIDE GAGES;

WAVE TRAIN STRUCTURE;

TSUNAMIS;

AMPLITUDE; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TIDE GAUGE; TSUNAMI;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33751530920     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-006-9000-9     Document Type: Article

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