Breaking process and mechanism of coastal levees on Sendai Bay Coast hit by the 2011 mega tsunami

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 65, 2013, Pages 772-777

  Mano, Akira ^a   Iida, Tatsuki ^a   Udo, Keiko ^a   Tanaka, Hitoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bore; Breach; Erosion; Return flow; Soliton; Tsunami bay; Tsunami channel

Indexed keywords

BAY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GIS; LEVEE; OVERTOPPING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATE ROLE; TSUNAMI;

HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; SENDAI; TOHOKU;

EID: 84883769162     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI65-131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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