Refined numerical modeling of the 1979 tsunami in Nice (French Riviera): Comparison with coastal data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Labbe M ^a,b   Donnadieu, C ^a,c   Daubord, C ^d   Hebert H ^c  

^a DIF   (France)

^b Cemagref   (France)

^c CEA DAM DIF   (France)

^d Section de Géodésie Géophysique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL LANDFORM; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLOODING; HARBOR; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLIDING; TSUNAMI; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALPES MARITIMES; BAY OF VILLEFRANCHE; FRANCE; NICE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

EID: 84856244400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JF001964     Document Type: Article

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