The 1963 landslide and flood at vaiont reservoir Italy. A tsunami ball simulation

Italian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-26

  Ward, Steven N ^a,b   Day, Simon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flood; Landslide; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955441278     PISSN: 20381719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3301/IJG/2010.21     Document Type: Article

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