The Great Adriatic flood of 21 June 1978 revisited: An overview of the reports

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 34, Issue 17-18, 2009, Pages 894-903

  Vučetić, Tamara ^a   Vilibić, Ivica ^b   Tinti, Stefano ^c   Maramai, Alessandra ^d  

^a Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries ^*  (Croatia)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Atmospheric waves; Coastal flood; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC; ADRIATIC SEA; ATMOSPHERIC WAVES; COASTAL FLOOD; COASTAL FLOODS; GENERATING MECHANISM; MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OCEAN WAVES; PROCESS-ORIENTED; RESONANCE MECHANISM; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDES; TRANSFER ENERGY;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TSUNAMIS; WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; COASTAL ZONE; FLOODING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESONANCE; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; TSUNAMI; WAVE GENERATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 70449525875     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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