Tsunamis in the Pacific Ocean : : Proceedings of the International Symposium on Tsunamis and Tsunami Research / / ed. by William Mansfield Adams.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Abouziyarov, Z. K.,; Adams, W. M.,; Adams, William M.,; Balakina, L. M.,; Boilard, Lise,; Braddock, R. D.,; Bucci, D. R.,; Carrier, G. F.,; Chan, R. K. C.,; Cherkesov, L. V.,; Cox, Doak,; Dohler, G.,; Eppley, R. A.,; Filloux, J. H.,; Freeman, Dale,; Fromm, J. E.,; Furumoto, A. S.,; Hatori, T.,; Hwang, Li-San,; Iida, Kumizi,; Johnson, R. H.,; Jordaan, Jan M.,; Knowles, C. E.,; Krivoshey, M. I.,; Lin, Albert C.,; Miller, G.,; Miller, Gaylord,; Murphy, L. M.,; Murty, T. S.,; Nekrasov, A. V.,; Podyapolsky, G. S.,; Reid, R. O.,; Sebekin, B. I.,; Shaw, R. P.,; Sokolowski, T.,; Soloviev, S. L.,; Strange, J. N.,; Street, R. L.,; Suzuki, Z.,; Terada, K.,; Van Dorn, William G.,; Vitousek, Martin,; Voit, S. S.,; Walling, James M.,; Watanabe, H.,; Whalin, R. W.,; Williams, John A.,; Zetler, B. D.,
• HerausgeberIn: Adams, William Mansfield,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]; ©1970
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: East-West Center Press
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (525 p.)

While it is unlikely that man will ever devise a means of preventing tsunamis-more commonly known in the West by the misnomer "tidal waves"-scientists today are constantly adding to our knowledge of their nature, sources, and causes, and, through the development of highly refined technical instrumentation, are making possible early-warning systems that already, even in these early stages, are proving of significant value.In October, 1969, an International Symposium on Tsunamis and Tsunami Research was held at the East-West Center, University of Hawaii. Participants included representatives from Austalia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, U.S.S.R., and the U.S.A. Sponsored jointly by the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Tsunami Committee and the East-West Center, the major seminars were devoted to (1) Seismic Source and Energy Transfer, (2) Tsunami Instrumentation, (3) Tsunami Propagation and Run-up.This volume contains more than 30 of the papers presented at that Symposium. Recent developments and future plans for the Pacific Tsunami Warning System are included.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- SEISMIC SOURCE AND ENERGY TRANSFER -- 1. The Generation of Tsunamis and the Focal Mechanism of Earthquakes -- 2. Generation of the Tsunami Wave by the Earthquake -- 3. A Model Experiment on the Generation of the Tsunami of March 28,1964 in Alaska -- 4. Relationship of Tsunami Generation and Earthquake Mechanism in the Northwestern Pacific -- 5. Features of Tsunamigenic Earthquakes -- 6. Dimensions and Geographic Distribution of Tsunami Sources near Japan -- 7. The Tsunami Accompanying the Tokachi-oki Earthquake, 1968 -- 8. Statistical Studies of Tsunami Sources and Tsunamigenic Earthquakes Occurring in and near Japan -- 9. Ionospheric Recordings of Rayleigh Waves for Estimating Source Mechanisms -- 10. Identification of Source Region from a Single Seismic Record -- 11. Recurrence of Tsunamis in the Pacific -- 12. The Tsunami in Alberni Inlet Caused by the Alaska Earthquake of March 1964 -- TSUNAMI INSTRUMENTATION -- 13. Tide-Gauge Data Telemetry between the Tsunami Warning Center at Honolulu, Hawaii and Selected Stations in Canada -- 14. Recent Advances in Tsunami Instrumentation in Japan -- 15. Bourdon-Tube, Deep-Sea Tide Gauges -- 16. An Instrumentation System for Measuring Tsunamis in the Deep Ocean -- 17. Estimating Earthquake Rupture Length from T Waves -- 18. Developments and Plans for the Pacific Tsunami Warning System -- 19. Problems of the Tsunami Warning Service in the U.S.S.R. -- TSUNAMI PROPAGATION AND RUN-UP -- 20. Tsunami Propagation over Large Distances -- 21. Some Hydrodynamic Models of Nonstationary Wave Motions of Tsunami Waves -- 22. Some Problems of Hydrodynamics of Tsunami Waves -- 23. Transformation of Tsunamis on the Continental Shelf -- 24. Experimental Investigations of Tsunami Waves -- 25. A Laboratory Model of a Double-humped Wave Impingent on a Plane, Sloping Beach -- 26. Response of Narrow-mouthed Harbors to Tsunamis -- 27. An Inverse Tsunami Problem -- 28. Experimental Investigations of Wave Run-up under the Influence of Local Geometry -- 29. A Model Study of Wave Run-up at San Diego, California -- 30. The Numerical Simulation of Long Water Waves: Progress on Two Fronts -- GENERAL REPORTS -- 31. Initiating an IBM System/360 Document Processing System for Tsunami Research Using an Existing KWIC Index Data Base -- 32. Report of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Tsunami Committee -- 33. Ecumenical Tsunamigaku -- 34. Names and Addresses of Authors and Conference Participants -- Index