The vulnerability of Crescent City, California, to tsunamis generated by earthquakes in the Kuril Islands region of the Northwestern Pacific

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 608-619

  Dengler, L ^a   Uslu, B ^b,c   Barberopoulou, A ^b   Borrero, J ^d   Synolakis, C ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CoastalScience Group ASR Limited ^*

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EID: 54049100449     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.79.5.608     Document Type: Article

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