Overview

Opening a window on current research on tsunamis, this book is a selection of 16 contributions out of the 39 presentations given at the 15th International Tsunami Symposium (Vienna, August 1991), i.e. at the last of the international meetings that are organized every second year by the IUGG International Tsunami Commission, and that are the most important, awaited and attended forums for the international scientific community of experts in tsunami sciences. The papers, rigorously scrutinized by an international board of referees, cover the most prominent aspects of current tsunami research, including the experimental observations, and the theoretical, analytical and numerical modelling of the basic phenomena, such as tsunami generation, open-ocean wave propagation, and waves impacting and inundating the coasts. The important social issues of coastal protection and hazard reduction are also dealt with in specific articles. The book contains few technicalities which means that it should be suitable for people involved in tsunami research as well as for a more general public: geophysicists, oceanologists, and Earth scientists. It should also be useful for authorities responsible for social security and natural hazard mitigation plans, and for students who wish to understand and study tsunamis.

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Author:   Stefano Tinti
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1993 ed.
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.140kg
ISBN:  

9780792323167

ISBN 10:   0792323165
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   31 July 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

A Summary of the Fifteenth International Tsunami Symposium.- Tsunami Dispersion Observed in the Deep Ocean.- Historical Tsunami Database for the Kuril-Kamchatka Region.- Tsunamis in the Norwegian Sea and North Sea caused by the Storegga Submarine Landslides.- Tsunamis related to Volcanic Activity in Italy.- Historical Tsunamis in Mainland Portugal and Azores. Case Histories.- An Analytical Model of Tsunamis Generated by Earthquakes.- Analysis of the OBS Data and Numerical Simulation for the 1990 Mariana Earthquake Tsunami.- On Tsunami Resonance of the Gulf of California.- Experiment of Oblique Reflection of Solitary Wave.- Dynamic Response of Structures to Tsunami Attack.- Evaluation of Tsunami Hazard in Calabria and Eastern Sicily, Italy.- Crack Propagations, Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Vicinity of Anatolia.- An Integrated System for Real Time Estimation of Seismic Source Parameters and Its Application to Tsunami Warning.- Tsunami Intensity and Disasters.- Complementary Land-Based Tsunami Warning System in SW Portugal.

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