Tsunami Propagation in Tidal Rivers

Presents unique field observations of tsunamis in rivers Focuses on tsunami dynamics in river channels and conditions of tsunami’s upriver propagation, as implied by the field evidence Analyses first-ever measurements of a train of shock waves on its upriver journey Describes and investigates tide-tsunami interaction and tsunami wave set-up found in the observations Introduces a new theoretical approach to explaining and/or predicting tsunami and tidal dynamics in rivers
Using observations of the 2011-Tohoku and some other tsunamis in rivers as a starting point for analytical and numerical exploration, this book suggests a basis for predicting tsunami impacts in a river after the wave has transitioned into the river’s channel.