Tsunamis in the Mediterranean Sea, 2000 B.C.-2000 A.D

by Solovev, Sergei Leonidovich; Solovieva, Olga N.; Go, Chan N.; Kim, Khen S.; Shchetnikov, Nikolay A.

• ISBN13: 9780792365488
• ISBN10: 0792365488
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This volume contains descriptions of about 300 tsunami and of similar known phenomena in the Mediterranean Sea. Earthquakes and other processes generating tsunami are also described. The intensity of tsunami waves is estimated, and the causes of tsunami generation are given together with the reliability of the information. The literary data are given on coordinates and magnitudes of tsunamigenic earthquakes. 18 zones of tsunami generation are identified, which have been subdivided into four groups according to the maximum intensity and periodicity. Audience: The book should be of interest to seismologists, oceanographers, volcanologists, geographers, and specialists investigating natural hazards and their consequences.

Table of Contents

Sergey Soloviev	vii
Preface	xiii
Introduction	xv
Structure of The Catalogue	xix
The Main Tsunamigenic Zones in The Mediterranean Sea	1	(15)
Characteristics of the Source of Tsunami Generation and Description of Tsunami, Ancient Tsunamis	16	(10)
Characteristics of Source of Tsunami Generation and Description of Tsunami. 1st -- 16th Centuries	26	(20)
Characteristics of the Source of Tsunami Generation and Description of Tsunami. 17th -- 18th Centuries	46	(26)
Characteristics of the Source of Tsunami Generation and Description of Tsunami. 19th Century	72	(51)
Characteristics of the Source of Tsunami Generation and Description of Tsunami. 20th Century	123	(50)
Study of Tsunamis in Greece and Italy at the Turn of the Millenium	173	(10)
Recent developments in the tsunami research in Greece a short review.	173	(6)
Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos
Recent progress of tsunami research in Italy.	179	(4)
Stefano Tinti
Appendix 1: Main parameters of tsunamis in the Mediterranean Sea	183	(9)
Appendix 2: List of tsunamigenic events in the Mediterranean Sea	192	(14)
Appendix 3: Equivalents of the International System Units to units of other countries and to extra-system units	206	(1)
References	207	(12)
Index of Geographic Names	219