Sensitivity analysis of source parameters for earthquake- generated distant tsunamis

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 429-441

  Gica, Edison ^a   Teng, Michelle H ^b   Liu, Philip L F ^c   Titov, Vasily ^a   Zhou, Hongqiang ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^c School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Parameters; Sensitivity analysis; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

EARTHQUAKE GENERATED TSUNAMIS; FAR FIELD WAVE;

TSUNAMIS;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TSUNAMIS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT PLANE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TSUNAMI; WAVE HEIGHT;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ASIA; CHILE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35448991203     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2007)133:6(429)     Document Type: Article

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