Tsunamis

Theodor Horydczak, photographer. *Ocean waves. From side of boat, looking at large wave.* ca. 1920-ca. 1950. Horydczak photograph collection. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

This page provides selected print titles on the subject of tsunamis. In order to find more resources related to the topics on this page, use the following Library of Congress Subject Headings:

Tsunamis.
- Narrower Term: Indian Ocean Tsunami, 2004.

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Tsunamis

The Science of Ocean Waves by J. B. Zirker
Call Number: GC211.2 .Z57 2013
ISBN: 9781421410784
Published/Created: 2013
This title explains how waves are formed, how they move, how they become huge and destructive, and how they're being studied now for clues that will help us plan for the future. Chapter topics include wind, tides, currents, breakers, tsunamis, forecasting, renewable energy, and El Niño.
Tsunami by Edward Bryant
Call Number: GC221.2 .B78 2008
ISBN: 9783540742739
Published/Created: 2007
Tsunamis are underrated as major hazards, mainly due to the misconceptions that they occur infrequently compared to other natural disasters. Evidence for past great tsunamis has been discovered along aseismic and protected coastlines. These mega-tsunamis are caused by either huge submarine landslides or the impact of meteorites and comets with the ocean.
Tsunami by S. Mambretti (Editor)
Call Number: GC221.2 .T787 2013
ISBN: 9781845647704
Published/Created: 2013
A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the sudden displacement of a large volume of a body of water, typically an ocean. This book, comprising seven chapters, examines this important topic.
Tsunamis by Horace M. Karling
Call Number: GC221.2 .T79 2005
ISBN: 1594545189
Published/Created: 2005
This title covers tsunamis, a series of travelling ocean waves of extremely long length generated primarily by earthquakes occurring below or near the ocean floor. Other causes discussed are underwater volcanic eruptions and landslides.
Tsunamis in the World Ocean by Kenji Satake, Alexander Rabinovich, Utku Kânoğlu, and Stefano Tinti (Editors)
Call Number: GC221.7 .T83 2011
ISBN: 9783034801874
Published/Created: 2011
This volume contains 18 papers, mostly presented at the 24th International Tsunami Symposium held in July 2009. They reflect the state of tsunami science, including case studies of earthquake-generated tsunamis, tsunami forecasting and hazard assessments, and theoretical and computational modeling of tsunami generation, propagation and coastal behavior.

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