The source mechanism and numerical modelling of the 1953 Suva tsunami, Fiji

Marine Geology

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 55-70

  Rahiman, Tariq I H ^a   Pettinga, Jarg R ^a   Watts, Phil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b Applied Fluids Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiji; numerical modelling; submarine landslides; Suva; tsunami

Indexed keywords

FIJI; NUMERICAL MODELING; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES; SUVA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WATER WAVES;

TSUNAMIS;

BATHYMETRY; EARTHQUAKE; GEOPHYSICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POINT SOURCE; SIMULATION; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SUVA; VITI LEVU;

EID: 33846332391     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.10.036     Document Type: Article

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