2004 Sumatra-Andaman tsunami surveys in the Comoro islands and Tanzania and regional tsunami hazard from future Sumatra events

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 343-358

  Okal, E A ^a   Fritz, H M ^b   Sladen, A ^c,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c DIF   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; FAULT ZONE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; NATURAL HAZARD; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; WAVE RUNUP;

COMOROS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); TANZANIA;

EID: 77952999335     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssajg.112.3-4.343     Document Type: Article

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