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Caribbean tsunami hazard

Print Book, English, 2007
World Scientific, New Jersey, 2007
341 Seiten : Illustrationen
9789812565358, 9812565353
637029780
Sponsorsvi
Prefacevii
Speakersxiv
Articles
Need for a Caribbean Tsunami Warning System
The Case for an Atlantic Tsunami Warning System by George A. Maul
3(40)
Overview of Potential Tsunami Sources in the Caribbean Sea Region
Estimating the Threat of Tsunamigenic Earthquakes and Earthquake Induced-Landslide Tsunami in the Caribbean by William R. McCann
43(23)
Debris Avalanche Formation at Kick'em Jenny Submarine Volcano (Abstract) by Haraldur Sigurdsson, Steven Carey and Doug Wilson
66(1)
Submarine Slides North of Puerto Rico and their Tsunami Potential by Uri S. ten Brink, Eric L. Geist, Patrick J. Lynett and Brian D. Andrews
67(24)
Risk Assessment of Tsunami Generation from Active Volcanic Sources in the Eastern Caribbean Region by George Pararas-Carayannis
91(47)
Two-Dimensional Simulations of Explosive Eruptions of Kick-em Jenny and Other Submarine Volcanoes - by Galen Gisler, Robert Weaver, Charles Mader and Michael Gittings
138(11)
The Tsunami Evidence in the Caribbean: Paleotsunami Studies
Geomorphologic and Stratigraphic Investigations on Historic and Pre-Historic Tsunami in Northwestern Puerto Rico: Implications for Long Term Coastal Evolution by Juan C. Moya and Aurelio Mercado
149(29)
New Evidence and Datings of Holocene Paleotsunami Events in the Caribbean (Barbados, St. Martin and Anguilla) by Anja Scheffers and Dieter Kelletat
178(27)
Recent Caribbean Programs and Studies
The Puerto Rico Tsunami Warning and Mitigation Program by Aurelio Mercado-Irizarry, Christa von Hillebrandt and Victor Hu��rfano
205(13)
Local and Regional Waveform Analysis for Rapid Monitoring of Shallow Caribbean Earthquakes by C. Mendoza and V. Hu��rfano
218(13)
Emergent Tsunami Warning System for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands by Christa G. von Hillebrandt-Andrade and Victor Hu��rfano Moreno
231(13)
Tsunamis in the Lesser Antilles by Narcisso Zahibo and Ejim Pelinovsky
244(11)
An 1867-Class Tsunami: Potential Devastation in the US Virgin Islands by Roy A. Wallington
255(13)
The UNESCO/IOC International Tsunami Information Center and Its Role in the Caribbean (Abstract) by Laura S.L. Kong
268(1)
The Richard H. Hagemeyer Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and Its Role in the Caribbean (Abstract) by Charles S. McCreery
269(1)
NEES Program's Support for Tsunami Experimental Research (Abstract) by Cherri M. Pancake
270(1)
Integrated Tsunami Scenario Simulation (Abstract) by Harry Yeh
271(4)
Tsunami Physics and Modeling Efforts
Tsunami Forces in the Runup Zone by Harry Yeh
275(13)
Wave Generation, Runup and Rundown from Three-Dimensional Sliding Masses (Abstract) by Philip L.-F. Liu
288(1)
Three-Dimensional Runup Due to Submerged and Subaerial Landslides by P. Lynett and P. L.-F. Liu
289(19)
Physical Modeling of Landslide Generated Tsunami by Hermann M Fritz
308(17)
Generation and Propagation of Tsunamis Triggered by Earthquakes and Landslides: A Theoretical and a Simulation Viewpoint (Abstract) by Emile A. Okal and Costas E. Synolakis
325(1)
Modeling of Tsunamis in the Eastern Mediterranean and Comparison with Caribbean by Ahmet Cevdet Yakiner, Hulya Karakus and Ugur Kuran
326(15)
Advances in Tsunami Inundation Mapping in California (Abstract) by Jos�� Borrero and Costas Synolakis
341
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