Tide gauge observations of 2004-2007 indian ocean tsunamis from Sri Lanka and Western Australia

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 233-258

  Pattiaratchi, Charitha B ^a   Sarath Wijeratne, E M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Seiches; Sri Lanka; Tide gauge; Tsunami; Wave reflection; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CONTINENTAL SHELF; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; OCEAN TIDE; SEA LEVEL; SEICHE; TIDE GAUGE; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE REFLECTION;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; FREMANTLE; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; MALDIVES; MASCARENE RIDGE; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 62849088759     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-008-0434-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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