Numerical simulation of the tsunami generated by the 2007 Noto Hanto Earthquake and implications for unusual tidal surges observed in Toyama Bay

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-138

  Abe, Ikuo ^a   Goto, Kazuhisa ^a   Imamura, Fumihiko ^a   Shimizu, Katsuyoshi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abnormal wave; The 2007 Noto Hanto Earthquake; Toyama Bay; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEAFLOOR; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; ISHIKAWA; JAPAN; NOTO PENINSULA; TOYAMA BAY; TOYAMA [CHUBU];

EID: 40949135389     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352774     Document Type: Article

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