Earthquakes and Tsunami in November 1755 in Morocco: A different reading of contemporaneous documentary sources

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 725-738

  Blanc, P L ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

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AMPLITUDE; COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; RISK ASSESSMENT; TSUNAMI; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE RUNUP;

MOROCCO;

EID: 76149131921     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-725-2009     Document Type: Article

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