The 2004 Sumatra tsunami as recorded on the Atlantic coast of South America

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 14, Issue , 2008, Pages 117-128

  Candella, R N ^a   Rabinovich, A B ^b,c   Thomson, R E ^c  

^a Instituto de Estudos do Mar Almirante Paulo Moreira IEAPM   (Brazil)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESONANCE; TIDE GAUGE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE HEIGHT;

ARGENTINA; ASIA; ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; URUGUAY;

EID: 37749023570     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-14-117-2008     Document Type: Article

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