Detecting tsunamigenesis from undersea earthquake signals

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-92

  Chew, Soon Hoe ^a   Kuenza, Karma ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Tsunami warning system; Tsunamigenesis; Tsunamigenic earthquake

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; FOURIER TRANSFORM; TSUNAMI; WARNING SYSTEM; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE RUNUP; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349120261     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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