The 21 May 2003 Tsunami in the Western Mediterranean Sea: Statistical and Wavelet Analyses

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 170, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 1449-1462

  Heidarzadeh, Mohammad ^a,b   Satake, Kenji ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

21 May 2003 earthquake; Mediterranean Sea; numerical modeling; statistical analysis; tide gauge data; tsunami; tsunami energy; wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

COASTAL TIDE GAUGES; DOMINANT PERIODS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOURCE DIMENSIONS; TIDE GAUGE DATA; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; NUMERICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIDE GAGES; TSUNAMIS;

WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIDE GAUGE; TOPOGRAPHY; TSUNAMI EVENT; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 84883344556     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-012-0509-1     Document Type: Article

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