Numerical modelling of the tsunami triggered by the Gumar debris avalanche, Tenerife (Canary Islands): Comparison with field-based data

Marine Geology

Volumn 284, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 189-202

  Giachetti, Thomas ^a,c   Paris, Raphaël ^a,c   Kelfoun, Karim ^a,c,d   Pérez Torrado, Francisco José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Agaete Valley; Canary Islands; Debris avalanche; Field based data; Gran Canaria; G mar flank collapse; Numerical modelling; Tenerife; Tsunami; Tsunami deposits

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; ELASTICITY; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; NUMERICAL MODELS;

AGAETE VALLEY; CANARY ISLANDS; DEBRIS AVALANCHES; FIELD-BASED DATA; FLANK COLLAPSE; GRAN CANARIA; TENERIFE; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS;

TSUNAMIS;

COLLAPSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; DEPTH DETERMINATION; FRICTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KINETIC ENERGY; LANDSLIDE; MOHR THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOBILIZATION; RHEOLOGY; TSUNAMI; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

EID: 79957628661     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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