Probabilistic tsunami hazard in the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sørensen, Mathilde B ^a,b   Spada, Matteo ^c   Babeyko, Andrey ^b   Wiemer, Stefan ^c   Grünthal, Gottfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; EARTHQUAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMICITY; TSUNAMI; WARNING SYSTEM; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84855705835     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB008169     Document Type: Article

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