Tsunami and its Hazards in the Indian and Pacific Oceans

Preface.- Tsunami and Its Hazard in the Indian and Pacific Oceans: Introduction to the Topical Issue.- The 26 December 2004 Sumatra tsunami: Analysis of Tide Gauge Fata from the World Ocean: Part 1. Indian Ocean and South Africa.- Quantification of Hydrophone Records of the 2004 Sumatra Tsunami.- Seismic Records of the 2004 Sumatra and Other Tsunamis: A Quantitative Study.- M TSU : Recovering Seismic Moments from Tsunameter Records.- The Tsunami of 26 December 2004: Numerical Modeling and Energy Considerations.- Field Survey of Tsunami Effects in Sri Lanka due to the Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake of December 26, 2004.- Field Signatures of the SE-Asian Mega-Tsunami Along the West Coast of Thailand Compared to Holocene Paleo-Tsunami From the Atlantic Region.- Eye Witness Accounts of the Impact of the 1998 Aitape Tsunami, and of Other Tsunamis in Living Memory, in the Region From Jayapura, Indonesia, to Vanimo, Papua New Guinea.- Phases Representing Source Lengths of Tsunamis in Tide Gauge Records.- Numerical Simulations of Tsunami Waves and Currents for Southern Vancouver Island from a Cascadia Megathrust Earthquake.- Overview of Holocene Tsunami Deposits Along the Nankai, Suruga, and Sagami Troughs, Southwest Japan.- Micromorphological Analysis of Coastal Sediments from Willapa Bay, Washington, USA: A Technique for Analysing Inferred Tsunami Deposits.- Volcanogenic Tsunamis in Lakes: Examples from Nicaragua and General Implications.- Estimation of Tsunami Hazard in New Zealand due to South American Earthquakes.- Tsunami Assessment for Risk Management at Nuclear Power Facilities in Japan.- Logic-tree Approach for Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Analysis and its Applications to the Japanese Coasts.- Conditional Probability Approach of the Assessment of Tsunami Potential: Application in Three Tsunamigenic Regions of the Pacific Ocean.- Steps Towards the Implementation of a Tsunami Detection, Warning, Mitigation and Preparedness Program for Southwestern Coastal Areas of