Integrating different records to assess coastal hazards at multi-century timescales

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 723-728

  Switzer, Adam D ^a,b   Yu, Fengling ^a   Gouramanis, Chris ^a   Soria, Janneli Lea A ^a,b   Pham, Dat T ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Airports; Coastal flooding; Coastal infrastructure; Extreme waves; Harbors; Nuclear Power Plants; Storms; Tropical cyclones; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL STRUCTURE; FLOODING; HARBOR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISTORICAL RECORD; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RECURRENCE INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TSUNAMI;

EID: 84947423291     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI70-122.1     Document Type: Article

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