Experimental investigation of impact generated tsunami; related to a potential rock slide, Western Norway

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 897-906

  Saelevik G ^a   Jensen, A ^a   Pedersen, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUSSINESQ; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GEOMETRIC SCALING; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO; HYDRODYNAMIC WAVES; IMPACT CRATERS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; QUALITATIVE ASPECTS; ROCK SLIDES; SOLID BLOCKS; SURFACE ELEVATIONS; VELOCITY FIELD; VELOCITY PROFILES; WATER DEPTH; WAVE GENERATION;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

IMPACT; TSUNAMI; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE MODELING; WAVE VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67651108772     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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