Modeling propagation and inundation of the 11 March 2011 Tohoku tsunami

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1017-1028

  Lovholt F ^a,b   Kaiser, G ^a,b   Glimsdal, S ^a,b   Scheele, L ^b,d   Harbitz, C B ^a,b   Pedersen, G ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b International Centre for Geohazards   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HINDCASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; TSUNAMI EVENT; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE RUNUP;

HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84859892871     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-12-1017-2012     Document Type: Article

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