French Riviera, 2007 – Tsunami hazard
Study mission to the tsunami hazard on the French Mediterranean coast on behalf of the Atomic Energy Commission (freelance).
- Field survey of tsunami triggered by the earthquake in the Boumerdes-Zemmouri 21 More 2003 ;
- Archival research on the events had an impact on the French Mediterranean coast since the eighteenth century.
Mission carried out as part of the ANR TSUMOD (programme CATELL).
Deliverable
Sahal, A. : Synthesis Report for the "Département Analyse Surveillance Environnement", Effects of tsunamis in the western Mediterranean, Establishment of a database of observation, C.E.A., D.A.S.E., 2007.
Publication
Sahal, A., Roger, J., Allgeyer, S., Lemaire, B., Hébert, H., Schindelé, F., and Lavigne, F.: The tsunami triggered by the 21 May 2003 Boumerdes-Zemmouri (Algeria) earthquake: field investigations on the French Mediterranean coast and tsunami modelling, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 9, 1823-1834, doi:10.5194/nhess-9-1823-2009, 2009. Download the article
