Revision of the tsunami catalogue affecting Turkish coasts and surrounding regions

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-291

  Altinok, Y ^a   Alpar, B ^a   Ozer N ^a   Aykurt, H ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DATA QUALITY; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TSUNAMI;

TURKEY;

EID: 79751474522     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-273-2011     Document Type: Article

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