A nested-grid Boussinesq-type approach to modelling dispersive propagation and runup of landslide-generated tsunamis

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2677-2697

  Zhou, H ^a,b   Moore, C W ^a,b   Wei, Y ^a,b   Titov, V V ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDSLIDE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN WAVE; TEMPORAL CYCLE; TSUNAMI;

EID: 80155146568     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-2677-2011     Document Type: Article

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