Field survey of the Samoa Tsunami of 29 september 2009

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 577-591

  Okal, Emile A ^a   Fritz, Hermann M ^b   Synolakis, Costas E ^c,d   Borrero, José C ^c,e   Weiss, Robert ^f   Lynett, Patrick J ^g   Titov, Vasily V ^h   Foteinis, Spyros ^d   Jaffe, Bruce E ⁱ   Liu, Philip L F ^j   Chan, I Chi ^j  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

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

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e Amalgamates Solutions and Research Ltd   (New Zealand)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Texas AandM University   (United States)

^h NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^j Cornell University   (United States)

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EID: 77955600272     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.81.4.577     Document Type: Article

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