Three Great Tsunamis: Lisbon (1755), Sumatra-Andaman (2004) and Japan (2011)

• Main Authors: Gupta, Harsh K. (Author), Gahalaut, Vineet K. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Oceanography.; Natural disasters.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Fluid mechanics.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.

Tsunamis are primarily caused by earthquakes. Under favourable geological conditions, when a large earthquake occurs below the sea bed and the resultant rupture causes a vertical displacement of the ocean bed, the entire column of water above it is displaced, causing a tsunami. In the ocean, tsunami...