Submarine landslides and tsunamis / edited by Ahmet C. Yalçıner ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Yalçıner, Ahmet C.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division.

Conference Name:

NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Underwater Ground Failures on Tsunami Generation, Modeling, Risk, and Mitigation (2001 : Istanbul, Turkey)

Series:

NATO science series. Earth and environmental sciences ; Series IV, v. 21.

NATO science series. IV, Earth and environmental sciences ; v. 21

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass-wasting.

Marine sediments.

Tsunamis.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xix, 328 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portrait ; 25 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers : Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division, [2003]

Contents:

Part 1. General Aspects of Tsunami Researches

1-1. Tsunamis of Seismic Origin; Science, Disasters and Mitigation / N. Shuto 1

1-2. Needs and Perspectives of Tsunami Research in Europe / S. Tinti 9

Part 2. Historical Tsunamis

2-1. Identification of Slide-generated Tsunamis in the Historical Catalogues / V. K. Gusiakov 17

2-2. Updating and Revision of the European Tsunami Catalogue / A. Maramai, L. Graziani, S. Tinti 25

2-3. Tsunami of Sarkoy-Murefte 1912 Earthquake: Western Marmara, Turkey / Y. Altinok, B. Alpar, C. Yaltirak 33

2-4. Spatial and Temporal Periodicity in the Pacific Tsunami Occurrence / E. V. Sassorova, B. W. Levin 43

Part 3. Submarine Landslides and Tsunami Generation

3-1. Submarine Landslide Generated Waves Modeled Using Depth-Integrated Equations / P. Lynett, P.L.F Liu 51

3-2. Near Field Amplitudes of Tsunami from Submarine Slumps and Slides / M. I. Todorovska, A. Hayir, M. D. Trifunac 59

3-3. Numerical Modeling of Tsunami Generation by Submarine and Subaerial landslides / I. V. Fine, A. B. Rabinovich, R. E. Thomson, E. A. Kulikov 69

3-4. Tsunami Simulation Taking Into Account Seismically Induced Dynamic Seabed Displacement and Acoustic Effects of Water / T. Ohmachi 89

3-5. Impulsive Tsunami Generation by Rapid Bottom Deflections at Initially Uniform Depth / P. A. Tyvand, T. Miloh, K. B. Haugen 101

3-6. Analytical Models of Tsunami Generation by Submarine Landslides / E. Pelinovsky 111

3-7. Tsunami Generation in Compressible Ocean of Variable Depth / M. A. Nosov, S. V. Kolesov 129

3-8. Tsunami Wave Excitation by a Local Floor Disturbance / I. Selezov 139

3-9. Effects of Tsunami at Sissano Lagoon, Papua New Guinea: Submarine-Landslide and Tectonics Origins / M. Matsuyama, H. Yeh 151

3-10. Natural Gas Hydrates as a Cause of Underwater Landslides: A Rewiev / M. Parlaktuna 163

3-11. Coastal Deformation Occurred During the August 17, 1999 Izmit Earthquake / A. Barka, W. Lettis, E. Altunel 171

Part 4. Tsunami Propagation and Coastal Impact

4-1. A Review of Some Tsunamis in Canada / T. S. Murty 175

4-2. Synthetic Tsunami Simulations for the French Coasts / M. Francius, E. Pelinovsky, I. Riabov, C. Kharif 185

4-3. Inundation Modeling of the 1964 Tsunami in Kodiak Island, Alaska / E. N. Suleimani, R. A. Hansen, Z. Kowalik 191

4-4. A Method for Mathematical Modelling of Tsunami Runup on a Shore / L.B. Chubarov, Z.I. Fedotova 203

4-5. Evaluation of Tsunami Hazard for the Southern Kamchatka Coast Using Historical and Paleotsunami data / V. M. Kaistrenko, T. K. Pinegina, M. A. Klyachko 217

4-6. Tsunami Hazards Associated With Explosion- Collapse Processes of a Dome Complex on Minoan Thera / K. Minoura, F. Imamura, U. Kuran, T. Nakamura, G.A. Papadopoulos, T. Takahashi, A.C. Yalciner 229

4-7. Possible Tsunami Deposits Discovered on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and Some Applications / B. K. Ranguelov 237

4-8. Influence of the Atmospheric Wave Velocity in the Coastal Amplification of Meteotsunamis / M. Marcos, S. Monserrat, R. Medina, C. Vidal 243

4-9. Impact of Surface Waves on the Coastal Ecosystems / S. R. Massel, E. Pelinovsky 251

Part 5. Mitigation

5-1. Engineering Standards for Marine Oil Terminals and Other Natural Hazard Threats / M. L. Eskijian, R. E. Heffron, T. Dahlgren 259

5-2. A Tsunami Mitigation Program within the California Earthquake Loss Reduction Plan / R. J. McCarthy, R. L. Anderson 267

5-3. Short-Term Inundation Forecasting For Tsunamis / V.V. Titov, F.I. Gonzalez, H.O. Mofjeld, J.C. Newman 277

5-4. Quantification of Tsunamis: A Review / G. A. Papadopoulos 285

5-5. Rubble Mound Breakwaters under Tsunami Attack / C. E. Balas, A. Ergin 293

5-6. Vulnerability Assessment as a Tool for Hazard Mitigation / A. T. Williams, R. A. Alvarez 303

5-7. Producing Tsunami Inundation Maps; the California Experience / J. Borrero, A.C. Yalciner, U. Kanoglu, V. Titov, D. McCarthy, C.E. Synolakis 315.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1402013485

1402013493

OCLC:

52152696