Tsunamis on the pacific coast of Canada recorded in 1994-2007

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 177-210

  Stephenson, Frederick E ^a   Rabinovich, Alexander B ^a,b  

^a Institut Maurice Lamontagne   (Canada)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Landslide generated tsunami; Meteorological tsunami; Tide gauge; Tsunami catalogue; Tsunami records

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HISTORICAL RECORD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIDE GAUGE; TSUNAMI EVENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [CANADA]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 59549101889     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-008-0440-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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