Possible atmospheric origin of the 7 May 2007 western Black Sea shelf tsunami event

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue C7, 2010, Pages

  Vilibić, Ivica ^a   Šepić, Jadranka ^a   Ranguelov, Boyko ^b   Mahović, Nataša Strelec ^c   Tinti, Stefano ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Croatia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Bulgaria)

^c METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 84983752880     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005904     Document Type: Article

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