Tsunami Reading List

 

This is a general reading list for those interested in knowing more about the powerful force of tsunami waves.  These sources may be found through school or public libraries, or through the web links included with some of the citations.

Books

Dudley, Walter and Min Lee. Tsunami! 2nd ed. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i, 1998.

Myles, Douglas. The Great Waves. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985.


Articles

Atwater, Brian, et al. Surviving a tsunami--Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan. US Geological Survey Circular 1187. Also: http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/

Folger, Tim. "Waves of Destruction." Discover (May 1994): 66-73.

Fryer, Gerard. “The Most Dangerous Wave." The Sciences (July/August 1995): 38-43.

Gonzalez, F. I, and E. N. Bernard. "The Cape Mendocino Tsunami." Earthquakes and Volcanoes 23(3)(1992): 135-38.

Gonzalez, Frank I. "TSUNAMI!" Scientific American 21(12) (May 1999): 56-65. Also:http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/pubs/outstand/gonz2088/gonz2088.shtml

McCredie, Scott. "When Nightmare Waves Appear Out of Nowhere to Smash the Land." Smithsonian (March 1994): 28-39.

 combined unesco ioc blue eng RHS 20220523   noaa logo rgb 2022

IOC Tsunami
Information Centres

   ITIC logo white circle 300dpi 200x200 20160816     CTIC logo 200x200 300dpi

       ITIC                  CTIC
       ITIC-CAR 

   New Logo IOTIC only 300DPI 200x200     NEAMTIC logo 200x200 300dpi

     IOTIC              NEAMTIC

Facebook 2023 New Icon With Wordmark


yt logo rgb light   vimeo logo blue

Hosted by:
UNESCO/IOC Project Office for IODE Oostende, Belgium
© 2024 International Tsunami Information Center | A UNESCO/IOC-NOAA Partnership
1845 Wasp Boulevard, Building 176, Honolulu, HI 96818, USA | Tel: +1 808 725 6050 | Fax: +1 808 725 6055