Tsunami catalogs for the eastern Mediterranean, revisited

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 309-330

  Ambraseys, Nicholas ^a   Synolakis, Costas ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Catalogs; Earthquakes; Historical; Intensity Scale; Mediterranean; Run up; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISTORIC TSUNAMIS; HISTORICAL; INTENSITY SCALE; PROBABILISTIC HAZARD ANALYSIS; RETURN PERIODS; SCENARIO EVENTS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKES; HAZARDS; LIBRARIES; TECTONICS;

TSUNAMIS;

EID: 77749239881     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632460903277593     Document Type: Article

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