Experimental insights into the scaling and variability of local tsunamis triggered by giant subduction megathrust earthquakes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Rosenau, Matthias ^a   Nerlich, Rainer ^a,b   Brune, Sascha ^a   Oncken, Onno ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THRUST; TSUNAMI; UPSCALING; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE RUNUP;

EID: 77957740163     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB007100     Document Type: Article

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