A glacial burst tsunami near Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-20

  Elíasson, Jónas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Computational hydraulics; Flood; Jokulhlaup; Numerical modeling; Wave dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EDGE WAVE; FLOOD; JOKULHLAUP; NUMERICAL MODEL; TSUNAMI; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATER MASS; WAVE ENERGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; VESTMANNAEYJAR;

EID: 39149135563     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/05-0568.1     Document Type: Article

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