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Tsunami Run-up—A Hydraulic Perspective

Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 131, Issue 9
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We would like to acknowledge the support of Hermann M. Fritz, presently at Georgia Institute of Technology, Savannah, Ga.

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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 131Issue 9September 2005
Pages: 743 - 747

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Valentin Heller
PhD Student, VAW, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Jens Unger
PhD Student, VAW, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
Willi Hager, F.ASCE
Professor, VAW, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland.

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