Caribbean tsunami hazard / editors, Aurelio Mercado-Irizarry, Philip Liu.

"NSF Caribbean Tsunami Workshop, March 30-31, 2004, San Juan Beach Hotel, Puerto Rico."

Includes bibliographical references.

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Sponsors; Preface; Contents; Speakers; Articles; Need for a Caribbean Tsunami Warning System; The Case for an Atlantic Tsunami Warning System; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND; JUSTIFICATION; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; Hazard Assessment; Warning; Seismic Subsystem; Sea-Level Subsystem; Warning Centre(s); Communication and Data Exchange Subsystem; Preparedness; NON-EARTHQUAKE GENERATED TSUNAMIS; SUMMARY OF BENEFITS AND BENEFICIARIES; MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION; IMPLEMENTATION; BUDGET; REFERENCES; ANNEXES; I. Preliminary List of Historical Caribbean Tsunamis.

II. List of Seismic Stations in the Countries of the IAS RegionIII. IOCARIBE Regional GLOSS: Sea Level / Weather Coastal Stations; IV. Recommended IAS TWS Sea Level Stations; Overview of Potential Tsunami Sources in the Caribbean Sea Region; Estimating the Threat of Tsunamigenic Earthquakes and Earthquake Induced-Landslide Tsunami in the Caribbean; 1 Introduction; 2 Tectonic Framework of Caribbean region; 2.1 Caribbean Plate; 2.2 Eastern Subduction Zone; 2.3 Oblique Subduction and transition to strike-slip regime; 2.4 Strike-Slip Faults Transtensional and other Regimes.

3 Tsunami Hazard Based on Potential Seismic Sources4 Slow Earthquakes Subduction of Rough Seafloor and their Relation Tsunami Hazard; 5 Steep Seafloor Submarine Slides and Tsunami Hazard; 6 Conclusions; 7 References; Debris Avalanche Formation at Kick'em Jenny Submarine Volcano (Abstract); Submarine Slides North of Puerto Rico and their Tsunami Potential; 1 Introduction; 2 Background; 3 The northern edge of the carbonate platform; 3.1 Loiza amphitheater; 3.2 Arecibo amphitheater; 3.3 Mona rift; 3.4 Northern side of the trench; 4 Characteristics of slope failures around the Puerto Rico trench.

5 Hydrodynamic Simulation6 Hydrodynamic Results; 7 Recurrence time; 8 Conclusions; 9 Acknowledgements; 10 References; Risk Assessment of Tsunami Generation from Active Volcanic Sources in the Eastern Caribbean Region; 1 Introduction; 2 Tectonic Setting -- Development Of Volcanic Centers In The Eastern Caribbean Region; 2.1 Evolution of Volcanic Centers in the Eastern Caribbean Region; 3 Recent Tsunamis Of Volcanic Origin In The Lesser Antilles Region; 3.1 Montserrat Island Tsunamis; 3.2 Martinique Island Tsunamis; 3.3 St Vincent Island Tsunamis; 3.4 Grenada Island Tsunamis.

4 Mechanisms of Tsunami Generation From Volcanic Sources4.1 Tsunami Generation Mechanisms of Shield Volcanoes; 4.2 Tsunami Generation Mechanisms of Caribbean Volcanoes; 5 Factors Contributing To Volcanic Explosivity Structural Flank Instabilities Mass Edifice Failures Debris Avalanches And Tsunami Generation In The Caribbean Region; 5.1 Geochemical Factors; 5.2 Growth and Collapses of Lava Domes; 5.3 Volcanic Explosivity Factors; 5.4 Blast Geometry Factors; 5.5 Vertical Blast Mechanisms; 5.6 Lateral and Channelized Blast Mechanisms.

This book aims to present the overall existing tsunami hazard in the Caribbean Sea region, a region which is typically only associated with hurricanes. It initially presents an overview of all of the existing tsunami-causing factors found in the region: earthquakes, sub-aerial and submarine landslides, and submarine explosions. This is followed by field evidence of recent and pre-historic tsunami events, which gives credibility to all of this effort. The next section is a description of the tsunami hazard mitigation efforts being carried out locally and in collaboration with national and inter.

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