Revisiting the February 6th 1783 Scilla (Calabria, Italy) landslide and tsunami by numerical simulation

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 273-286

  Mazzanti, P ^a   Bozzano, F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Back analysis; Numerical modelling; Rock avalanche; Scilla (Calabria, Italy); Tsunami

Indexed keywords

AREAL DISTRIBUTION; BACK-ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL DATA; HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS; INPUT PARAMETER; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OUTPUT DATA; REAL VALUES; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK MASS; RUN-UP HEIGHTS; SCILLA (CALABRIA, ITALY); SHALLOW WATER MODEL; SLOPE GRADIENTS; TSUNAMI GENERATION; WAVEBREAKING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ROCKS; TSUNAMIS;

LANDSLIDES;

BACK ANALYSIS; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; LANDSLIDE; ROCK AVALANCHE; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRIGGER MECHANISM; TSUNAMI; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE RUNUP;

CALABRIA; ITALY;

SCILLA;

EID: 79961167183     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-011-9117-1     Document Type: Article

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