Hydrodynamic modeling of tsunamis from the Currituck landslide

Marine Geology

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 41-52

  Geist, Eric L ^a   Lynett, Patrick J ^b   Chaytor, Jason D ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

hydrodynamic; landslide; numerical model; runup; sensitivity analysis; tsunami

Indexed keywords

1-D MODELS; BOTTOM FRICTION; COMPLEX NATURE; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS; GEOTECHNICAL STABILITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGHER ORDER; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING; MOBILITY ANALYSIS; NEARSHORE; NON-LINEARITY; NONLINEAR BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; NORTH CAROLINA; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERLAND FLOW; PERIOD WAVES; PRIMARY SOURCES; REGIONAL AREAS; RUNUP; TSUNAMI GENERATION; TSUNAMI WAVES; WAVE MODELING; WAVEBREAKING;

COASTAL ZONES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDSLIDES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRIBOLOGY; WAVE EQUATIONS;

TSUNAMIS;

BOTTOM FRICTION; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DISPERSION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLIDING; TSUNAMI; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650121103     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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