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| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgements | p. xi |
| In Memoriam: Aykut Barka | p. xiii |
| List of Contributors | p. xv |
| General Aspects of Tsunami Researches | |
| Tsunamis of Seismic Origin; Science, Disasters and Mitigation | p. 1 |
| Needs and Perspectives of Tsunami Research in Europe | p. 9 |
| Historical Tsunamis | |
| Identification of Slide-generated Tsunamis in the Historical Catalogues | p. 17 |
| Updating and Revision of the European Tsunami Catalogue | p. 25 |
| Tsunami of Sarkoy-Murefte 1912 Earthquake: Western Marmara, Turkey | p. 33 |
| Spatial and Temporal Periodicity in the Pacific Tsunami Occurrence | p. 43 |
| Submarine Landslides and Tsunami Generation | |
| Submarine Landslide Generated Waves Modeled Using Depth-Integrated Equations | p. 51 |
| Near Field Amplitudes of Tsunami from Submarine Slumps and Slides | p. 59 |
| Numerical Modeling of Tsunami Generation by Submarine and Subaerial landslides | p. 69 |
| Tsunami Simulation Taking Into Account Seismically Induced Dynamic Seabed Displacement and Acoustic Effects of Water | p. 89 |
| Impulsive Tsunami Generation by Rapid Bottom Deflections at Initially Uniform Depth | p. 101 |
| Analytical Models of Tsunami Generation by Submarine Landslides | p. 111 |
| Tsunami Generation in Compressible Ocean of Variable Depth | p. 129 |
| Tsunami Wave Excitation by a Local Floor Disturbance | p. 139 |
| Effects of Tsunami at Sissano Lagoon, Papua New Guinea: Submarine-Landslide and Tectonics Origins | p. 151 |
| Natural Gas Hydrates as a Cause of Underwater Landslides: A Rewiev | p. 163 |
| Coastal Deformation Occurred During the August 17, 1999 Izmit Earthquake | p. 171 |
| Tsunami Propagation and Coastal Impact | |
| A Review of Some Tsunamis in Canada | p. 175 |
| Synthetic Tsunami Simulations for the French Coasts | p. 185 |
| Inundation Modeling of the 1964 Tsunami in Kodiak Island, Alaska | p. 191 |
| A Method for Mathematical Modelling of Tsunami Runup on a Shore | p. 203 |
| Evaluation of Tsunami Hazard for the Southern Kamchatka Coast Using Historical and Paleotsunami data | p. 217 |
| Tsunami Hazards Associated With Explosion- Collapse Processes of a Dome Complex on Minoan Thera | p. 229 |
| Possible Tsunami Deposits Discovered on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and Some Applications | p. 237 |
| Influence of the Atmospheric Wave Velocity in the Coastal Amplification of Meteotsunamis | p. 243 |
| Impact of Surface Waves on the Coastal Ecosystems | p. 251 |
| Mitigation | |
| Engineering Standards for Marine Oil Terminals and Other Natural Hazard Threats | p. 259 |
| A Tsunami Mitigation Program within the California Earthquake Loss Reduction Plan | p. 267 |
| Short-Term Inundation Forecasting For Tsunamis | p. 277 |
| Quantification of Tsunamis: A Review | p. 285 |
| Rubble Mound Breakwaters under Tsunami Attack | p. 293 |
| Vulnerability Assessment as a Tool for Hazard Mitigation | p. 303 |
| Producing Tsunami Inundation Maps; the California Experience | p. 315 |
| Subject Index | p. 327 |
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