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SCIENCE OF TSUNAMI HAZARDS

ISSUES - Year 2009

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VOLUME 28, No. 5 (2009)

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ABSTRACTS for Volume 28, No 5

COMPARING SEA LEVEL RESPONSE AT MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA FROM THE 1989 LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE AND THE 1964 GREAT ALASKAN EARTHQUAKE    PDF 4.2 MB)

L. C. Breaker - Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, California, USA
T.S. Murty University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CANADA
Jerrold G. Norton - Southwest Fisheries Science Center/NMFS/NOAA, La Jolla, California,  USA
Dustin Carroll - Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, California, USA

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REVIEW OF RECONSTRUCTION IN ACEH FOLLOWING THE 2004 BOXING DAY TSUNAMI (PDF 5.2 MB)                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                       
Zygmunt Lubkowski - Associate Director, Arup International Development, London, UK  
Jo da Silva - Director, Arup International Development, London, UK
Kubilay Hicyilmaz - Senior Engineer, Arup International Development, Dubai, UAE
Damian Grant - Engineer, Arup International Development, New York, USA

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TSUNAMI WAVE PROPAGATION ALONG WAVEGUIDES          (PDF 6.7 MB)                                       

Andrei G. Marchuk - Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Siberian Division Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, RUSSIA

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TSUNAMI LOADING ON BUILDINGS WITH OPENINGS  (PDF 2.3MB)                                                   

P. Lukkunaprasit - Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, THAILAND
A. Ruangrassamee - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, THAILAND

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SPECIAL ISSUE

VOLUME 28, No. 4 (2009)

ABSTRACTS for Volume 28, No 4

TSUNAMI INFORMATION SOURCES  -  PART  3                                   

Robert L. Wiegel - Professor Emeritus, Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

TSUNAMI INFORMATION SOURCES  -  PART  4   (WITH A SECTION ON IMPULSIVELY GENERATED WAVES BY A RAPID MASS MOVEMENT, EITHER SUBMERGED, OR INTO A BODY OF WATER)                 

Robert L. Wiegel - Professor Emeritus, Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

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VOLUME 28, No. 3 (2009)

ABSTRACTS for Volume 28, No 3

CAPTURING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CULTURAL MEMORIES – THE PROCESS OF VIDEO INTERVIEWING TSUNAMI SURVIVORS                                                                                 
     

W. Dudley - Dept. Marine Sciences, University of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, USA
J. Goff - Australian Tsunami Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
C. Chagué-Goff - Australian Tsunami Research Centre, Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
J. Johnston - Disaster Preparedness Solutions, Inc., Kailua, Hawaii, USA

GOVERNING EQUATIONS FOR MULTI-LAYERED TSUNAMI WAVES
     

Monzur Alam Imteaz - Engineering & Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology,   Melbourne, AUSTRALIA.
      Fumihiko Imamura - Disaster Control Research Centre, Tohoku University, Sendai, JAPAN.
     Jamal Naser- Engineering & Industrial Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA.

ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF REINFORCED EARTH WALL FOR SHORE PROTECTION SYSTEM AGAINST TSUNAMI  

                                                                                                                                 
Amit Srivastava - Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, INDIA
G. L. Sivakumar Babu -  Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, INDIA

MULTIPLE LAYER IDENTIFICATION AND TRANSPORTATION PATTERN ANALYSIS FOR ONSHORE TSUNAMI DEPOSIT AS THE EXTENDING TSUNAMI DATA – A CASE STUDY FROM THE THAI ANDAMAN COAST 

                                                                                                               
Chanchai Srisutam - Dept of Geology, University of Trier, Trier, GERMANY
Jean-Frank Wagner - Dept of Geology, University of Trier, Trier, GERMANY

EFFECT OF THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI ON GROUNDWATER QUALITY IN COASTAL AQUIFERS IN EASTERN SRI LANKA                                                                                                                

Meththika Vithanage - Dept of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK
                                             International Water Management Institute, Battaramulla, SRI LANKA

Karen G. Villholth - Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Copenhagen, DENMARK
Kushani Mahatantila - Dept of Material Science, Shimane University, Matsue, JAPAN
Peter Engesgaard - Dept of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK
Kartsten H. Jensen - Dept of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK

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VOLUME 28, No. 2 (2009) 54.4 MB

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ABSTRACTS for Volume 28, No 2

NOAA/WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER ATLANTIC OCEAN RESPONSE CRITERIA    (3.3 MB) Compressed (948 KB)                                                                                                               
Paul Whitmore - NOAA/West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center - Palmer, Alaska, USA
Uri ten BrinkUnited States Geological Survey – Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
Michael CaropoloNOAA/National Weather Service – Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Victor Huerfano-MorenoPuerto Rico Seismic Network – Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, USA
William Knight - NOAA/West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center - Palmer, Alaska, USA
William SammlerNOAA/National Weather Service – Wakefield, Virginia, USA
Al SandrikNOAA/National Weather Service – Jacksonville, Florida, USA

NATURAL HAZARD ASSESSMENT OF SW MYANMAR - A CONTRIBUTION OF REMOTE SENSING AND GIS METHODS TO THE DETECTION OF AREAS VULNERABLE TO EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMI / CYCLONE FLOODING (46.7 MB) Compressed (1.2 MB)

              
Barbara Theilen-Willige - Berlin Univ, of Technology (TU Berlin), Institute of Applied   Geosciences, GERMANY
George Pararas-Carayannis - Tsunami Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

A NEW METHOD TO ANALYZE THE TSUNAMI INCITEMENT PROCESS AND SITE-SELECTION FOR TSUNAMI OBSERVATIONS IN CHINA'S EASTERN SEA  (2 MB) Compressed (1.7 MB)  

               
Yuanqing Zhu - Professor, Earthquake Administration of Shanghai Municipality, CHINA
Shuangqing Liu - National Geophysical Observatory at Sheshan, Shanghai, 200062, CHINA
Yanlin Wen - National Geophysical Observatory at Sheshan, Shanghai, 200062, CHINA
Yan Xue -  National Geophysical Observatory at Sheshan, Shanghai, 200062, CHINA

PREDICTION OF TSUNAMI PROPAGATION IN THE PEARL RIVER ESTUARY (1.9 MB)                                                                                                                 

Sun J. S. - Dept of Civil & Structural Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ, HONG KONG
Wai, O.W.H. - Dept of Civil & Structural Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ, HONG KONG
Chau, K.T. - Dept of Civil & Structural Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ, HONG KONG
Wong, R.H.C- Dept  Civil & Structural Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ, HONG KONG

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VOLUME 28, No. 1 (2009) 18.9 MB

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ABSTRACTS for Volume 28, No 1

EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL ACTIVITIES AT THE OREGON
STATE UNIVERSITY NEES TSUNAMI RESEARCH FACILITY
    
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S.C. Yim, D.T. Cox and M.M. Park -
School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT  OF  CAR NICOBAR  TO TSUNAMI HAZARD USING NUMERICAL MODEL       (4.2 MB) Compressed (640 KB)                                                                                                                
Tune Usha, M. V. Ramana Murthy, N. T. Reddy - 
ICMAM-PD, Ministry of Earth Sciences,    Govt. of India, Pallikaranai, Chennai, INDIA
T. S. Murty -  University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CANADA

ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL TSUNAMI GENERATION IN CHINA'S BOHAI SEA FROM DIRECT GEOTECTONIC AND COLLATERAL SOURCE MECHANISMS   (3.0 MB) Compressed (680 KB)                         
G. Pararas Carayannis  -
Tsunami Society, Honolulu, Hawaii 96815, USA.

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL AND SEDIMENTOLOGICAL CHANGES DURING AND AFTER THE DECEMBER-2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI NEAR THE VELLAR RIVER AND THE M.G.R. ISLAND AREA OF THE CENTRAL TAMIL NADU COAST, INDIA   (7.8 MB) Compressed (488 KB)           
S. R. Singarasubramanian
(1), M. V. Mukesh (1), K. Manoharan (1), P.  Seralathan (2), K. Sujatha (1), and D. Bakkiaraj (1) - 1. Dept. of Earth Sciences, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Tamilnadu, INDIA; 2.  Dept. of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, Kerala, INDIA

INUNDATION MAPPING – A HAZARD STUDY BASED ON THE DECEMBER 26, 2004 TSUNAMI ALONG THE KARAIKAL COAST OF INDIA   (1.9 MB) Compressed (364 KB)                                                     
K. Chittibabu –
Dept. of Geology, National College, Trichirapalli, INDIA.
R. Baskaran Dept. of Industries and Earth Sciences, Tamil University, Thanjavur, INDIA

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