The 1755 earthquake in the Algarve (South of Portugal): What would happen nowadays

Advances in Geosciences

Volumn 14, Issue , 2008, Pages 59-63

  Pedrosa, F Tedim ^a   Goncalves J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TSUNAMI;

AFRICA; ALGARVE; ATLANTIC COAST [MOROCCO]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AFRICA]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF CADIZ; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 37749047566     PISSN: 16807340     EISSN: 16807359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-14-59-2008     Document Type: Article

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