Applicability of movable bed model for tsunami in tsunami disaster reduction in rivers
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Advances in earthquake and tsunami sciences and disaster risk reduction since the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B2 (Coastal Engineering)
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1884-2399,1883-8944
DOI: 10.2208/kaigan.65.301