Physics of Tsunamis

• Main Authors: Levin, Boris. (Author), Nosov, Mikhail. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Oceanography.; Fluids.; Marine Sciences.; Geosciences.; Marine & Freshwater Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8856-8

There has been significant progress in tsunami research, monitoring and mitigation within the last decade. This book summarizes the state-of-the-art knowledge on tsunamis. It presents a comprehensive overview of tsunamis, seaquakes and other catastrophic ocean phenomena. It describes up-to-date mode...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1. General Information on Tsunami Waves, Seaquakes and Other Catastrophic Phenomena in the Ocean
• 2 Physical Processes at the Source of a Tsunami of Seismotectonic Origin
• 3. Role of the Compressibility of Water and of Nonlinear Effectsin the Formation of Tsunami Waves
• 4. The Physics of Tsunami Formation by Sources of Nonseismic Origin
• 5. Propagation of a Tsunami in the Ocean and its Interaction with the Coast
• 6. Methods of Tsunami Wave Registration
• 7. Seaquakes: Analysis of Phenomena and Modelling.