Dispersion of tsunamis: Does it really matter?

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages 1507-1526

  Glimsdal, S ^a,b,c   Pedersen, G K ^a,c   Harbitz, C B ^a,b,c   Lovholt F ^a,b,c  

^a International Centre for Geohazards (ICG)   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TSUNAMI; WATER DEPTH; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84902004468     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-1507-2013     Document Type: Article

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