Calculating the threat of tsunami
Further Reading
Issue 78, June 2005
Geoscience Australia’s role in the Australian Tsunami Warning System (by Phil Cummins)
Looks at an initiative to provide a warning system for tsunamis.
March 2005, page 1
The Boxing Day tsunami – and the need for a warning system in the Indian Ocean
Discusses the cause of the Boxing Day tsunami and the need for an early warning system in the Indian Ocean.
September 2004, pages 4-7
Small threat but warning sounded-tsunami research
Geoscience Australia has been modeling open-ocean propagation of earthquake-related tsunamis that affect our western coastline.
May 2006, page 10
Mangroves don’t stop tsunami damage
Reports that studies indicate mangrove vegetation does not protect against tsunamis.
27 September 2006
Tsunami less damaging to reefs than people
Reports that the activities of humans on coral reefs cause more damage than the December 2004 tsunami.
No. 128, 2006, page 34
Washing the salt from Aceh’s wounds
Covers the efforts of Australian researchers to assist farmers.
Tsunami Special Edition 2005
This special edition contains a number of articles about the December 2005 tsunami.
March 2007, pages 28-30
Past tsunami in Australia (by Ted Bryant)
Describes evidence of past tsunami on the east coast of Australia.
March 2007, pages 23-27
The tsunami hazard in Australasia (by Phil Cummins)
Suggests that studies of records of tsunami in historic and prehistoric times can indicate where future events may occur.
5 January 2005
Inadequate warning system left Asia at the mercy of tsunami (by Emma Marris)
Scientists and governments were caught unprepared.
5 January 2005
Triple slip of tectonic plates caused seafloor surge (by Michael Hopkin)
Biggest quake in 40 years redraws the map.
5 September 2007, page 21
Tsunami threat hangs over Bay of Bengal
Reports on the increased earthquake risk in northern Bay of Bengal.
1 September 2007, pages 40-43
Disaster machines: Simulating nature’s fury
Looks at machines built to simulate tsunamis and other natural disasters.
24 February 2007, pages 52-53
The wave from nowhere (by Richard Lovett)
Looks at the cause of an earthquake and tsunami in 1929.
29 July 2006, page 14
How a lullaby can warn of an approaching tsunami (by Rachel Nowak)
Suggests that indigenous knowledge saved some coastal communities from the 2004 tsunami.
15 April 2006, page 14
Is replanting coasts the way to protect against tsunamis? (by Emma Young)
Asks whether coastal vegetation provides protection against tsunamis.
22 October 2005, pages 38-42
Swept away (by Bill McGuire)
Summarises Atlantic Ocean tsunami in the past and the possibility of further Atlantic tsunami.
28 May 2005, page 10
Echoes of the tsunami quake (by David Chandler)
Provides analysis of the earthquake that caused the Indian Ocean tsunami.
29 January 2005, page 4
Asian earthquake risk suggested before tsunami disaster
15 January 2005, page 14
Tsunami: The impact will last for decades (by Fred Pearce and Bob Holmes)
Discusses some of the long-term effects of tsunami.
15 January 2005, page 16
Tsunami: Reconstructing a most deadly wave (by Rachel Nowak)
Researchers are reconstructing the details of the tsunami from the accounts of witnesses.
15 January 2005, page 17
Anatomy of an earthquake (by Katharine Davis)
Provides analysis of the size and timing of the earthquake that caused the Indian Ocean tsunami.
11 September 2004, page 14
Hawaiian tsunami left a gift at foot of volcano
Research shows that marine fossils at the base of a volcano were deposited by a huge tsunami.
14 September 2002, page 15
Get ready for the killer wave (by Nicola Jones)
Describes Australian research linking tsunamis to meteor impacts.
1 September 2001, page 7
Wave goodbye (by Eugenie Samuel)
Describes a model that shows tsunamis caused by landslides can turn corners.
January 2006
Tsunami: Wave of change (by Eric Geist, Vasily Titov and Costas Synolakis)
Describes how data from the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami is being used to forecast and model tsunamis.
May 1999, pages 44-55
Tsunami! (by Frank I. González)
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