The tsunami in Cadiz on 1 November 1755: A critical analysis of reports by Antonio de Ulloa and by Louis Godin

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 340, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 251-261

  Blanc, Paul Louis ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Documentary sources; Earthquake; Run up; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; HARBOR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL; TSUNAMI EVENT;

ANDALUCIA; CADIZ [ANDALUCIA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 41249100076     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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