Tsunami hazard evaluation of the eastern Mediterranean: Historical analysis and selected modeling

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 705-724

  Salamon, Amos ^a,b   Rockwell, Thomas ^b   Ward, Steven N ^c   Guidoboni, Emanuela ^d   Comastri, Alberto ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SGA Storia Geofisica Ambiente   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC WAVES;

ACTIVE FAULT; OFFSHORE SLUMP; TSUNAMIGENIC SOURCE;

TSUNAMIS;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC WAVE; TSUNAMI;

LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 34250902955     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060147     Document Type: Article

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