Tsunami Geosciences: The Geological Story of Tsunamis on Earth summarizes the most recent knowledge on this area of research. The book will provide new insights regarding offshore studies and on recent Mars tsunami deposits, providing a compelling review of the evolution of tsunami studies and modeling throughout time and provides an accurate explanation of key aspects needed to understand and measure these events. This is a unique interdisciplinary book, merging information from different fields of science including geosciences, computing, engineering, risk assessment, physics, law, civil protection and urban planning, etc.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction2. Physics of tsunamis
3. Tsunami impacts
4. Tsunami scales
5. Tsunami studies throughout earth's history
6. Tsunami depositional signatures onshore
7. Tsunami depositional signatures offshore
8. Tsunamis on Mars
9. Tsunami geoscience challenges
10. Conclusions
