Articles | Volume 13, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-2927-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-13-2927-2013
Research article
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19 Nov 2013
Research article |  | 19 Nov 2013

Tsunami hazard assessment in El Salvador, Central America, from seismic sources through flooding numerical models.

J. A. Álvarez-Gómez, Í. Aniel-Quiroga, O. Q. Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, J. Larreynaga, M. González, M. Castro, F. Gavidia, I. Aguirre-Ayerbe, P. González-Riancho, and E. Carreño

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