Tsunami and Its Hazards in the Indian and Pacific Oceans

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Satake, Kenji (Editor), Okal, Emile A. (Editor), Borrero, José C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2007.
• Series: Pageoph Topical Volumes
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Hydrogeology.; Oceanography.; Natural disasters.; Geotechnical engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

Tsunamis like the Indian Ocean tsunami caused by the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake in 2004 or the Chilean earthquake in the Pacific Ocean in 1960 motivate international collaborations for the development of tsunami warning systems. Since 1960 the Tsunami Commission, established by the International Uni...