Runup distribution for the 1908 Messina tsunami in Italy: Observed data versus expected curves

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3502-3509

  Billi, Andrea ^a,b   Minelli, Liliana ^a,c   Orecchio, Barbara ^d   Presti, Debora ^e  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; CASE HISTORY; DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL FUNCTIONS; MASS FAILURES; MAXIMUM RUN-UP; OBSERVED DATA; SOUTHERN ITALY;

BATHYMETRY; ELECTRIC CABLES; MAPS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEGRAPH;

TSUNAMIS;

ARRIVAL TIME; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COSEISMIC PROCESS; DATA SET; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POINT SOURCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBMARINE CABLE; TSUNAMI; WAVE RUNUP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70450255191     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090128     Document Type: Article

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