Numerical modelling of coastal seiches in Malta

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 260-275

  Drago, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Coastal seiches; Embayments; Meteorological tsunamis; Numerical models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC WAVES; TOPOGRAPHY; TSUNAMIS; WATER WAVES;

COASTAL SEICHES; CROSS-SHORE DIRECTION; EMBAYMENTS;

COASTAL ZONES;

AMPLITUDE; COASTAL ZONE; EDGE WAVE; OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; SEA LEVEL; SEICHE; WATER LEVEL; WAVE FIELD; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MALTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 39749086260     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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