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Nearshore tsunami amplitudes across the Maldives archipelago due to worst-case seismic scenarios in the Indian Ocean
Shuaib Rasheed
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Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
Simon C. Warder
Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
Yves Plancherel
Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
Matthew D. Piggott
Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Here we use a high-resolution bathymetry dataset of the Maldives archipelago, as well as corresponding high numerical model resolution, to carry out a scenario-based tsunami hazard assessment for the entire Maldives archipelago to investigate the potential impact of plausible far-field tsunamis across the Indian Ocean at the island scale. The results indicate that several factors contribute to mitigating and amplifying tsunami waves at the island scale.
Here we use a high-resolution bathymetry dataset of the Maldives archipelago, as well as...
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