Articles | Volume 14, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1155-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1155-2014
Research article
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19 May 2014
Research article |  | 19 May 2014

Tsunami hazard assessment in the southern Colombian Pacific basin and a proposal to regenerate a previous barrier island as protection

L. J. Otero, J. C. Restrepo, and M. Gonzalez

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