Seismically generated tsunamis

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1964, 2012, Pages 1505-1542

  Arcas, Diego ^a,b   Segur, Harvey ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamics of tsunamis; Nonlinear water waves; Tsunami forecasting; Tsunami hazard mitigation

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS;

INDIAN OCEAN; NONLINEAR WATER WAVES; NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; POLICY CHANGES; TSUNAMI HAZARD MITIGATION;

TSUNAMIS;

EID: 84858222352     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0457     Document Type: Article

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