Tsunami probability in the Caribbean Region

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 165, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 2089-2116

  Parsons, Tom ^a   Geist, Eric L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Earthquake; Hazard; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC MOMENT; TSUNAMI;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 59649099896     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-008-0416-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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