Tsunamis in the World: Fifteenth International Tsunami Symposium, 1991

ISBN-13: 9789048142835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 230 str.

Stefano Tinti

Opis

Tsunamis in the World is a book opening an interesting window on the present-day research on tsunamis. It is a selection of 16 contributions out of the 39 presentations given at the XV 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 authors have been careful to avoid technicalities in their papers as much as possible, which means that the book is suitable to people involved in tsunami research as well as to a more general public: geophysicists, oceanologists, and Earth scientists. It is also useful for authorities responsible for social security and natural hazard mitigation plans, and even for students who wish to understand and study tsunamis.

Spis treści

1. A Summary of the XV International Tsunami Symposium; E.N. Bernard. Observations. 2. Tsunami Dispersion observed in the Deep Ocean; F.I. Gonzalez, Ye.A. Kulikov. 3. Historical Tsunami Database for the Kuril-Kamchatka Region; V.k. Gusiakov, A.V. Osipova. 4. Tsunamis in the Norwegian Sea and North Sea caused by the Storegga Submarine Landslides; A.G. Dawson, D. Long, D.e. Smith, S. Shi, I.D.L. Foster. 5. Tsunamis related to Volcanic Activity in Italy; S. Tinti, A. Saraceno. 6. Historical Tsunamis in Mainland Portugal and Azores; Case Histories; V.S. Moreira. Generation, Propagation and Run-Up. 7. An Analytical Model of Tsunamis generated by Earthquakes; M.A. Zhdanov. 8. Analysis of the OBS Data and Numerical Simulation for the 1990 Mariana Earthquake Tsunami; F. Imamura, N. Shuto. 9. On Tsunami Resonance of the Gulf of California; F.J. Sandoval, S.F. Farreras. 10. Experiment of Oblique Reflection of Solitary Wave; A. Nadai, Y. Tsuji. 11. Dynamic Response of Structures to Tsunami Attack; F. Camfield. Hazard Reduction: Assessment and Warnings Application. 12. Evaluation of Tsunami Hazard in Calabria and Eastern Sicily, Italy; S. Tinti. 13. Crack Propagations, Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Vicinity of Anatolia; U. Kuran, A.C. Yalçiner. 14. An Integrated System for Real Time Estimation of Seismic Source Parameters and its Application to Tsunami Warning; D. Reymond, O. Hyvernaud, J. Talandier. 15. Tsunami Intensity and Disasters; N. Shuto. 16. ComplementaryLand-Based Tsunami Warning System in SW Portugal; J.Z. Simões, A.A. Filhado, L. Mendes-Victor.