The 1958 Lituya Bay landslide and tsunami a tsunami ball approach

Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 285-319

  Ward, Steven N ^a   Day, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lituya Bay landside; tsunami ball approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649656562     PISSN: 17934311     EISSN: 17937116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793431110000893     Document Type: Article

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