Hybrid modeling of the mega-tsunami runup in Lituya Bay after half a century

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Weiss, Robert ^b   Fritz, Hermann M ^a   Wünnemann, Kai ^c  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMABLE BODIES; GENERAL PUBLICS; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; HYBRID MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELS; SLIDE PROCESS; TSUNAMI RUN UP; U-SHAPED;

TSUNAMIS;

MODELS;

BEDROCK; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT; HYBRID; NUMERICAL MODEL; TSUNAMI;

ALASKA; LITUYA BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68249150692     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037814     Document Type: Article

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