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

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

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Allgeyer, Sebastien, Daubord, C, Hebert, H, Loevenbruck, A, Schindele, F, Madariaga, R
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
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Published: Birkhauser Verlag 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77580
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Summary: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