Tsunamis
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Tsunamis
（The sea, ideas and observations on progress in the study of the seas, v. 15）
Harvard University Press, 2009
1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
With the recent catastrophe in Indonesia, the topic of tsunamis could not be more timely. This book, volume fifteen in a distinguished series surveying the frontiers of ocean science and research, looks at every aspect of the current science of tsunamis. The world's foremost experts write about the dynamics of geophysical processes involved in tsunami generation, propagation, and inundation, along with the statistical and geophysical properties of tsunami recurrence, and their application to tsunami forecasts and warnings. Together, their work constitutes the first comprehensive overview of a topic of paramount importance in ocean science today. Coinciding with the recent completion of the United States, enhanced tsunami warning program-which will provide an unprecedented volume of data on tsunamis in the deep ocean-this book will help crystallize a research agenda and foster the study of this critical issue in our understanding of the sea.
In the manifold, multidisciplinary efforts of science to understand and manage our planet, contemporary ocean science plays an essential role. This new volume in the series The Sea advances these efforts with a clear focus on one of the ocean's more significant deadly phenomena.
Table of Contents
* Contents* * Tsunamis * Preface * Contributors * Editorial Advisory Panel and External Reviewers * Introduction: Emergent Findings and New Directions in Tsunami Science Eddie N. Bernard and Allan R. Robinson * Tsunami History: Recorded Viacheslav K. Gusiakov * Geologic Effects and Records of Tsunamis Joanne Bourgeois * Tsunami Probability Eric L. Geist, Tom Parsons, Uri S. ten Brink and Homa J. Lee * Excitation of Tsunamis by Earthquakes Emile A. Okal * Tsunami Generation: Other Sources Galen R. Gisler * Tsunami Measurements Harold O. Mofjeld * Tsunami Modeling: Development of Benchmarked Models Costas E. Synolakis and Utku Kanoglu * Tsunami Modeling: Propagation Philip L.-F. Liu * Tsunami Modeling: Inundation Fumihiko Imamura * Tsunami Impacts on Coastlines Harry Yeh * Tsunami Forecasting Vasily V. Titov * Tsunami Warning Systems Paul M. Whitmore * Index
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