Tsunami hazard in the Caribbean: Regional exposure derived from credible worst case scenarios

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-23

  Harbitz, C B ^a,b   Glimsdal, S ^a,b   Bazin, S ^a,b,c   Zamora, N ^b,d   Lovholt F ^a,b   Bungum, H ^b,e   Smebye, H ^a,b   Gauer, P ^a,b   Kjekstad, O ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b International Centre for Geohazards (ICG)   (Norway)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^e NORSAR   (Norway)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Earthquake; Landslide; Run up; Tsunami; Volcano

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LANDSLIDE; SEISMIC HAZARD; TSUNAMI EVENT; WATER LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 84860007678     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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