Vanuatu earthquake and tsunami cause much damage, few casualties

Eos

Volumn 81, Issue 52, 2000, Pages

  Caminade, Philip ^a   Charlie, Douglas ^a   Kanoglu, Utku ^a   Koshimura, Shun Ichi ^a   Matsutomi, Hideo ^a   Moore, Andrew ^a   Ruscher, Christophe ^a   Synolakis, Costas ^a   Takahashi, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84900416563     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: 23249250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/EO081i052p00641-02     Document Type: Article

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