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Author International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics. General Assembly (24th : 2007 : Perugia, Italy)

Title Tsunami science four years after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami / edited by Phil R. Cummins, Laura S.L. Kong, Kenji Satake
Published Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Series Pageoph topical volumes
Pageoph topical volumes.
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Introduction to 8216;8216;Tsunami Science Four Years After the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Part II: Observation and Data Analysis8217;8217; -- Field Survey and Geological Effects of the 15 November 2006 Kuril Tsunami in the Middle Kuril Islands -- The November 15, 2006 Kuril Islands-Generated Tsunami in Crescent City, California -- Validation and Joint Inversion of Teleseismic Waveforms for Earthquake Source Models Using Deep Ocean Bottom Pressure Records: A Case Study of the 2006 Kuril Megathrust Earthquake -- Variable Tsunami Sources and Seismic Gaps in the Southernmost Kuril Trench: A Review -- In situ Measurements of Tide Gauge Response and Corrections of Tsunami Waveforms from the Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake in 2007 -- Excitation of Resonant Modes along the Japanese Coast by the 1993 and 1983 Tsunamis in the Japan Sea -- Numerical Study of Tsunami Generated by Multiple Submarine Slope Failures in Resurrection Bay, Alaska, during the M[sub(w)] 9.2 1964 Earhquake -- Lituya Bay Landslide Impact Generated Mega-Tsunami 50th Anniversary -- Tsunamis on the Pacific Coast of Canada Recorded in 19948211;2007 -- The 15 August 2007 Peru Earthquake and Tsunami: Influence of the Source Characteristics on the Tsunami Heights -- Tide Gauge Observations of 20048211;2007 Indian Ocean Tsunamis from Sri Lanka and Western Australia -- Reconstruction of Tsunami Inland Propagation on December 26, 2004 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, through Field Investigations -- The 1856 Tsunami of Djidjelli (Eastern Algeria): Seismotectonics, Modelling and Hazard Implications for the Algerian Coast -- Analysis of Observed and Predicted Tsunami Travel Times for the Pacific and Indian Oceans
Summary The tragedy of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has led to a rapid expansion in science directed at understanding tsunami and mitigating their hazard. This title includes papers that focus on modelling and hazard assessment, as well as cover developments in observation and data analysis that include analyses of techniques for tsunami data analysis
Analysis aardwetenschappen
earth sciences
Geology (General)
Geologie (algemeen)
Notes "Reprint from Pure and applied geophysics (PAGEOPH), volume 165 (2008), no. 11/12"--Pt. 1, t.p. verso
"Reprint from Pure and applied geophysics (PAGEOPH), volume 166 (2009), no. 1/2"--Pt. 2, t.p. verso
28 papers that were originally presented at a session on tsunami generation and hazards at the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics XXIV General Assembly in Perugia, July 2007
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject Tsunamis -- Forecasting -- Congresses
Tsunamis -- Measurement -- Congresses
Tsunami damage -- Congresses
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Oceanography.
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Oceans & Seas.
Sciences de la terre.
Environnement.
Tsunami damage
Tsunamis -- Forecasting
Tsunami -- Kongress -- Perugia <2007>
Genre/Form proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Form Electronic book
Author Cummins, Phil R.
Kong, Laura S. L. (Laura Sau Lin)
Satake, Kenji, 1958-
ISBN 9783034600576
3034600577
9783034600644
303460064X
OTHER TI Pure and applied geophysics. v.165, no. 11/12
Pure and applied geophysics. v.166, no. 1/2