Wave formation and propagation due to submarine landslides are complex phenomena that
may be divided into four parts: Landslide dynamics, energy transfer from landslide motion to …

Submarine landslides can generate destructive tsunamis. Yet their recurrence intervals and
tsunamigenic mechanisms are poorly understood, hampering quantification of global …

The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and
disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary …

An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes and Earth Structures is an introduction to
seismology and its role in the earth sciences, and is written for advanced undergraduate and …

The origin of the Papua New Guinea tsunami that killed over 2100 people on 17 July 1998
has remained controversial, as dislocation sources based on the parent earthquake fail to …

Case studies of landslide tsunamis require integration of marine geology data and
interpretations into numerical simulations of tsunami attack. Many landslide tsunami …

In the creation of “surprise tsunami,” submarine landslides head the suspect list. Moreover,
improving technologies for seafloor map** continue to sway perceptions on the number …

Earthquakes are nearly unique among natural phenomena-they affect virtually everything
within a region, from massive buildings and bridges, down to the furnishings within a home …

In the first edition, we paid attention not only to tsunami waves, but to related phenomena,
namely, seaquakes, as well, which to a significant extent reflected the interests of the …

The source of the local tsunami of 17th July 1998 that struck the north shore of Papua New
Guinea remains controversial, and has been postulated as due either to seabed dislocation …