Landslide generated tsunamis [Elektronische Ressource] : numerical modeling and real-time prediction / vorgelegt von Sascha Brune

Sektion 2.5: Geodynamische Modellierung, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam Landslide generated tsunamis - Numerical modeling and real-time prediction Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.) in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin Geophysik eingereicht an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Potsdam vorgelegt von Sascha Brune Potsdam, den 29. Januar 2009 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License: Attribution - Noncommercial - Share Alike 3.0 Germany To view a copy of this license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/de/deed.en Published online at the Institutional Repository of the University of Potsdam: URL http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2009/3298/ URN urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-32986 [http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-32986] Abstract Submarine landslides can generate local tsunamis posing a hazard to human lives and coastal facilities. Two major related problems are: (i) quantitative estimation of tsunami hazard and (ii) early detection of the most dangerous landslides. This thesis focuses on both those issues by providing numerical modeling of landslide-induced tsunamis and by suggesting and justifying a new method for fast detection of tsunamigenic landslides by means of tiltmeters.