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

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Published in:Pure and Applied Geophysics
Main Authors: Allgeyer, Sebastien, Daubord, C, Hebert, H, Loevenbruck, A, Schindele, F, Madariaga, R
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Birkhauser Verlag
Subjects:
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
numerical modeling
Tsunami hazard
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77580
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-012-0513-5
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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

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