Potential inundation of Lisbon downtown by a 1755-like tsunami

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3319-3326

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FLOODING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; SHALLOW WATER; SOCIAL IMPACT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TSUNAMI EVENT;

LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL; TAGUS ESTUARY;

EID: 84855810566     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-3319-2011     Document Type: Article

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