Understanding tsunamis, potential source regions and tsunami-prone mechanisms in the Eastern Mediterranean

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 291, Issue , 2007, Pages 201-230

  Yolsal, S ^a   Taymaz, T ^a   Yalciner A C ^b  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAMOUNT; SEISMIC SOURCE; SHALLOW WATER; THEORETICAL STUDY; TSUNAMI; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 38749134534     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP291.10     Document Type: Article

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