Global Tsunami Science: Past and Future, Volume I

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Geist, Eric L. (Editor), Fritz, Hermann M. (Editor), Rabinovich, Alexander B. (Editor), Tanioka, Yuichiro (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2017.
• Series: Pageoph Topical Volumes
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

Tsunami science has evolved significantly since the occurrence of two of the most destructive natural disasters in recent times: the 26 December 2004 Sumatra tsunami that killed about 230,000 people along the coasts of 14 countries in the Indian Ocean and the 11 March 2011 Tohoku (Great East Japan)...

Table of Contents:

• Tsunami Probability and Uncertainty Analysis
• Tsunami Warning and Detection
• Tsunami Hydrodynamics and Modeling
• Landslide and Meteorological Tsunamis
• Case Studies.-.