Evidence of a previously unrecorded local tsunami, 13 April 2010, Cook Islands: Implications for Pacific Island countries

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1371-1379

  Goff, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC SOURCE; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBMARINE SLOPE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TSUNAMI; VOLCANISM;

COOK ISLANDS; MANGAIA;

EID: 79956102440     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-1371-2011     Document Type: Article

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