Evaluating Tsunami impact on the Gulf of Cadiz Coast (Northeast Atlantic)

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 168, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 1033-1043

  Omira, R ^a,c   Baptista, M A ^a,b   Miranda, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Current velocity; Gulf of cadiz; Inundation maps; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; FLOODS;

CURRENT VELOCITY; EMERGENCY PLANNING; GULF OF CADIZ; INUNDATION MAPS; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; NONLINEAR SHALLOW WATER; NORTH EAST ATLANTIC; TSUNAMI MITIGATIONS;

TSUNAMIS;

CURRENT VELOCITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; THRUST FAULT; TSUNAMI; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALGARVE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF CADIZ; PORTUGAL;

EID: 79959811439     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-010-0217-7     Document Type: Article

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