Tsunami hazard for the city of Catania, eastern Sicily, Italy, assessed by means of Worst-case Credible Tsunami Scenario Analysis (WCTSA)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1217-1232

  Tonini, R ^a   Armigliato, A ^a   Pagnoni, G ^a   Zaniboni, F ^a   Tinti, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; HARBOR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NATURAL HAZARD; TSUNAMI; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CATANIA [CATANIA (PRV)]; CATANIA [SICILY]; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 79955625894     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-1217-2011     Document Type: Article

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