The 15 August 2007 Peru Earthquake and Tsunami: Influence of the source characteristics on the Tsunami heights

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 211-232

  Hébert, Hélène ^a   Reymond, Dominique ^a   Krien, Yann ^a   Vergoz, Julien ^a   Schindelé, François ^a   Roger, Jean ^a   Loevenbruck, Anne ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Body wave inversion; DART inversion; French Polynesia; Moment tensor inversion; Pacific Ocean; Seismological source; Tsunami numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DATA INVERSION; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FAULT; MOMENT TENSOR; PERU EARTHQUAKE 2007; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOLOGY; TIDE GAUGE; TSUNAMI; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; ICA; MARQUESAS ISLANDS; NUKU HIVA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERU; PISCO; POLYNESIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 62849093326     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-008-0439-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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