Tsunamis on the Pacific Coast of Canada

This book presents historical and modern data on tsunamis along the Canadian coast of the Pacific. The text also reviews modern achievements in instrumentation, data analyses, numerical modeling, and estimation of tsunami risk.

Unique historical tsunami data set for almost tsunami-unknown region in the Pacific Ocean

Spectacular examples of several historical events

Detailed analysis of the unique 1975 Kitimat landslide-generated tsunamis

Numerical modelling of historical and potential landslide-generated tsunamis

High-quality instrumentation and modern methods of data analysis that enabled to identify and examine in the Canada records several local and distant tsunamis

Autorentext
Richard Thomson ist Leiter des Netzwerkes "Europäischer Symbolismus, 1880 1910".

Inhalt
Nature of the coasts of British Columbia.- Tsunami sources.- Prehistoric events.- Tsunamis on the coast of British Columbia.- Spectral and wavelet analysis of tsunami records.- Numerical modelling of tsunami waves and estimation of tsunami risk.- Tsunami waves in Alberni Inlet: Observations and modelling.- Landslide generated tsunami on the Pacific coast of North America.- Meteorological tsunamis for the coasts of British Columbia and Washington State.- Tsunami Warning Service for the Pacific coast of Canada.