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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337919503321

Autore

Saito Tatsuhiko

Titolo

Tsunami Generation and Propagation [[electronic resource] /] / by Tatsuhiko Saito

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

4-431-56850-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 265 p. 129 illus., 45 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Geophysics, , 2364-9119

Disciplina

550

526.1

Soggetti

Geophysics

Natural disasters

Coasts

Geophysics/Geodesy

Natural Hazards

Coastal Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction.-Overview of Tsunami -- Propagation of Tsunami and Seismic Wave -- Earthquake -- Tsunami Generation -- Propagation Simulation -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces a framework of tsunami modelling from generation to propagation, aimed at application to the new observation started in Japan after the devastating tsunami of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. About 150 seismic and tsunami sensors were deployed in a wide region off the Pacific coast of eastern Japan in order to catch tsunami generation inside the focal area, which makes a clear departure from conventional observations that detect tsunamis far from the source region. In order to exploit the full potential of this new observation system, it is not enough to model tsunami generation simply by static sea-bottom deformation caused by an earthquake. This book explains dynamic tsunami generation and sea-bottom deformation by kinematic earthquake faulting, in which seismic and acoustic waves are also included in addition to static sea-bottom deformation. It then systematically derives basic tsunami equations



from the fundamental equations of motions. The author also illustrates the details of numerical schemes and their applications to tsunami records, making sound linkages among these topics to naturally understand how a tsunami is physically or mathematically described. This book will be a comprehensive guide for graduate students and young researchers to start their research activities smoothly.