Experimental study of tsunami generation by three-dimensional rigid underwater landslides

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 442-454

  Enet, François ^a   Grilli, T ^b  

^a Alkyon Hydraulic Consultancy and Research   (Netherlands)

^b University of Rhode Island   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimentation; Laboratory tests; Landslides; Surface waves; Tsunamis; Wave runup

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

UNDERWATER LANDSLIDE; WAVE RUNUP;

TSUNAMIS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TSUNAMIS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURFACE WAVE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TSUNAMI; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE RUNUP;

EID: 35448967796     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2007)133:6(442)     Document Type: Article

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