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Could a 1755-Like Tsunami Reach the French Atlantic Coastline? Constraints from Twentieth Century Observations and Numerical Modeling

Date

Authors

Allgeyer, Sebastien

Daubord, C

Hebert, H

Loevenbruck, A

Schindele, F

Madariaga, R

Publisher

Birkhauser Verlag

Abstract

The tsunami generated by the 1 November, 1755 earthquake off the coast of Portugal affected mainly the coastlines of the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Morocco, but was also observed in some places along the North Atlantic coasts. To determine whether th

Keywords

Keywords: Atlantic Ocean; France; Historical records; Iberian Peninsula; observations; Shallow water equations; Tsunami hazards; Twentieth century; Coastal zones; Earthquakes; Equations of motion; Landforms; Numerical models; Tide gages; Tsunamis; coastal zone; ear Atlantic Ocean; France; numerical modeling; observations; Tsunami hazard

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77580

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Type

Journal article

Access Statement

Open Access

DOI

10.1007/s00024-012-0513-5

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