Tsunami hazard and buildings vulnerability along the Northern Atlantic coast of Morocco –the 1755-like tsunami in Asilah test-site

Tsunami hazard and buildings vulnerability along the Northern Atlantic coast of Morocco –the 1755-like tsunami in Asilah test-site

Abstract Background The Atlantic Coast of Morocco is prone to tsunami inundation. Therefore, in this region, earthquake-induced tsunami hazard has been intensively investigated leading to the development of a number of coastal inundation models. However, tsunami vulnerability remains not well unders...

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Main Authors: Said El Moussaoui, Rachid Omira, Mohamed Najib Zaghloul, Hajar El Talibi, Khadija Aboumaria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-12-01
Series:Geoenvironmental Disasters
Subjects:
Tsunami
Numerical modeling
Inundation
Vulnerability
Tide effect
Morocco
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40677-017-0089-6

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