2. Generation of the Tsunami Wave by the Earthquake

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface IX
4. SEISMIC SOURCE AND ENERGY TRANSFER
5. 1. The Generation of Tsunamis and the Focal Mechanism of Earthquakes 3
6. 2. Generation of the Tsunami Wave by the Earthquake 19
7. 3. A Model Experiment on the Generation of the Tsunami of March 28,1964 in Alaska 33
8. 4. Relationship of Tsunami Generation and Earthquake Mechanism in the Northwestern Pacific 47
9. 5. Features of Tsunamigenic Earthquakes 57
10. 6. Dimensions and Geographic Distribution of Tsunami Sources near Japan 69
11. 7. The Tsunami Accompanying the Tokachi-oki Earthquake, 1968 85
12. 8. Statistical Studies of Tsunami Sources and Tsunamigenic Earthquakes Occurring in and near Japan 99
13. 9. Ionospheric Recordings of Rayleigh Waves for Estimating Source Mechanisms 119
14. 10. Identification of Source Region from a Single Seismic Record 135
15. 11. Recurrence of Tsunamis in the Pacific 149
16. 12. The Tsunami in Alberni Inlet Caused by the Alaska Earthquake of March 1964 165
17. TSUNAMI INSTRUMENTATION
18. 13. Tide-Gauge Data Telemetry between the Tsunami Warning Center at Honolulu, Hawaii and Selected Stations in Canada 191
19. 14. Recent Advances in Tsunami Instrumentation in Japan 207
20. 15. Bourdon-Tube, Deep-Sea Tide Gauges 223
21. 16. An Instrumentation System for Measuring Tsunamis in the Deep Ocean 239
22. 17. Estimating Earthquake Rupture Length from T Waves 253
23. 18. Developments and Plans for the Pacific Tsunami Warning System 261
24. 19. Problems of the Tsunami Warning Service in the U.S.S.R. 271
25. TSUNAMI PROPAGATION AND RUN-UP
26. 20. Tsunami Propagation over Large Distances 285
27. 21. Some Hydrodynamic Models of Nonstationary Wave Motions of Tsunami Waves 305
28. 22. Some Problems of Hydrodynamics of Tsunami Waves 319
29. 23. Transformation of Tsunamis on the Continental Shelf 337
30. 24. Experimental Investigations of Tsunami Waves 351
31. 25. A Laboratory Model of a Double-humped Wave Impingent on a Plane, Sloping Beach 367
32. 26. Response of Narrow-mouthed Harbors to Tsunamis 377
33. 27. An Inverse Tsunami Problem 399
34. 28. Experimental Investigations of Wave Run-up under the Influence of Local Geometry 407
35. 29. A Model Study of Wave Run-up at San Diego, California 427
36. 30. The Numerical Simulation of Long Water Waves: Progress on Two Fronts 453
37. GENERAL REPORTS
38. 31. Initiating an IBM System/360 Document Processing System for Tsunami Research Using an Existing KWIC Index Data Base 477
39. 32. Report of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Tsunami Committee 485
40. 33. Ecumenical Tsunamigaku 489
41. 34. Names and Addresses of Authors and Conference Participants 495
42. Index 501