Numerical modeling of tsunami waves generated by the flank collapse of the Cumbre Vieja Volcano (La Palma, Canary Islands): Tsunami source and near field effects

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Abadie, S M ^a   Harris, J C ^b   Grilli, S T ^b   Fabre, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; SLOPE STABILITY; VOLCANOES;

BOUSSINESQ MODEL; CANARY ISLANDS; FLANK COLLAPSE; FREE SURFACE ELEVATIONS; GEOTECHNICAL SLOPE; MOTION PHASE; NAVIER-STOKES MODEL; NEAR FIELD EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODELING; SHORT DURATIONS; TIME EVOLUTIONS; TSUNAMI WAVES; WAVE DIRECTIVITY; WAVE TRAIN;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BATHYMETRY; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; ENERGY FLUX; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLCANOLOGY; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE FIELD; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CANARY ISLANDS; CUMBRE VIEJA; LA PALMA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN;

CITRUS VARIEGATION VIRUS;

EID: 84861442322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007646     Document Type: Article

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