The 2010 and 2011 Tsunamis in French Polynesia: Operational Aspects and Field Surveys

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 170, Issue 6-8, 2013, Pages 1169-1187

  Reymond, Dominique ^a   Hyvernaud, Olivier ^a   Okal, Emile A ^b  

^a DIF   (France)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; SURVEYS;

LOCAL AUTHORITIES; LOCAL RESPONSE; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDE; OPERATIONAL ASPECTS; SEISMIC EVALUATION; SHALLOW WATER APPROXIMATION; WARNING CENTERS; WARNING PROCEDURES;

TSUNAMIS;

AMPLITUDE; DATA SET; SHALLOW WATER; TSUNAMI;

CHILE; MARQUESAS ISLANDS; MAULE; MOOREA; NUKU HIVA; PAPEETE; SOCIETY ISLANDS; TAHITI; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS];

EID: 84882993564     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-012-0485-5     Document Type: Article

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