Landslide-generated tsunamis at Réunion Island

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Kelfoun, Karim ^a,b,c   Giachetti, Thomas ^a,b,c   Labazuy, Philippe ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHELF DYNAMICS; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TSUNAMI; VOLCANO; WAVE ACTION; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; PITON DE LA FOURNAISE; REUNION;

EID: 78049402895     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JF001381     Document Type: Article

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