Ancestral heritage saves tribes during 1 April 2007 Solomon Islands tsunami

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Fritz, Hermann M ^a   Kalligeris, Nikos ^b,c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; WIND EFFECTS;

ANCESTRAL HERITAGE; TECTONIC UPLIFT;

TSUNAMIS;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; TSUNAMI EVENT; UPLIFT;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

EID: 41549159427     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031654     Document Type: Article

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