Were freak waves involved in the sinking of the Tanker "Prestige" ?

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 973-978

  Lechuga, A ^a  

^a Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; TANKER SHIP; WAVE ACTION; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 33845355725     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-6-973-2006     Document Type: Article

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