On the relevance of soliton theory to tsunami modelling

Wave Motion

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 420-426

  Constantin, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Non linear waves; Soliton; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

SOLITONS;

NONLINEAR WAVES; SOLITON THEORY;

TSUNAMIS;

NONLINEAR WAVE; NONLINEARITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TSUNAMI; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 70249112572     PISSN: 01652125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wavemoti.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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