Earthquake related tsunami hazard along the western coast of Thailand

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 979-997

  Lovholt F ^a,d   Bungum, H ^b,d   Harbitz, C B ^a,d   Glimsdal, S ^a,d   Lindholm, C D ^b,d   Pedersen, G ^c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORSAR   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d International Centre for Geohazards   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; MICROPLATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC HAZARD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THRUST; TSUNAMI; WATER LEVEL;

ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; ATJEH; BANDA ACEH; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIA; INDONESIA; INDONESIAN SEAS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SRI LANKA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ARC; SUNDA ISLES; THAILAND;

EID: 33751570168     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-6-979-2006     Document Type: Article

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