Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-258) and index.

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Tsunamis in the European-Mediterranean Region: From Historical Record to Risk Mitigation provides readers with a much needed, reliable, and up-to-date history of the region, including descriptions and parameters of the main events from pre-history to the present that are supported by parametric catalogues, pictorial material, and examples of instrumental records, such as tide-gauge records. The book presents a broader perspective of needed action for local and national governments, and international organizations, and is written by an internationally recognized expert in this field, providing an authoritative account of historical tsunamis in the eastern Mediterranean. It addresses key points of tsunami mitigation, including the systems currently available for tsunami recording, monitoring, and early warning, along with a presentation of the preventative measures that can be applied in all tsunami-vulnerable regions.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Tsunamis in the Global Ocean; 1.1 -- Tsunamis and Megatsunamis; 1.2 -- Tsunami record and impact; 1.3 -- Tsunami sources and generation mechanisms; 1.4 -- Tsunami physical properties: a few elements; 1.5 -- Tsunami quantification; 1.5.1 -- Earlier Scales; 1.5.2 -- The New Papadopoulos-Imamura Intensity Scale; 1.6 -- The December 26, 2004 devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean; 1.7 -- The 2011 devastating tsunami in Japan; 1.8 -- Tsunami early warning systems

1.8.1 -- Requirements, Technologies, Current Practices1.8.2 -- Near-Field Tsunami Early Warning; 1.9 -- Lessons learned from near-field early warnings: the Japanese experience; 1.9.1 -- Tsunami Arrival in 25 Min; 1.9.2 -- Tsunami Arrival in 5 Min; Chapter 2 -- Historical and Geological Evidence of Tsunamis in Europe and the Mediterranean; 2.1 -- Introduction; 2.2 -- Historical sources; 2.2.1 -- Eastern Mediterranean Basin; 2.2.1.1 -- Hellenic Arc; 2.2.1.2 -- Aegean Sea; 2.2.1.3 -- Tectonic Rifts of Corinth and Evoikos Gulfs, Central Greece; 2.2.1.4 -- Cyprean Arc and Levantine Sea

2.2.2 -- Marmara Sea and Black Sea2.2.3 -- Tyrrhenian Sea, Calabrian Arc, and Adriatic Sea; 2.2.4 -- Western Mediterranean Basin; 2.2.5 -- North East Atlantic Ocean and North Sea; 2.2.5.1 -- South West Iberian Margin; 2.2.5.2 -- British Isles and North Sea; 2.3 -- Geological and archeological signatures; 2.3.1 -- Onshore Signature; 2.3.2 -- Medium-Fine Grained Deposits; 2.3.3 -- The Stratigraphic Record; 2.3.3.1 -- Mediterranean and Marmara Sea; 2.3.3.2 -- North East Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic Sea; 2.3.4 -- Boulders and Megaclasts; 2.3.5 -- Geomorphological Imprints; 2.3.6 -- Offshore Signatures

2.4 -- Instrumental recordsChapter 3 -- Impact of Tsunamis; 3.1 -- Introduction; 3.2 -- Effects of some important tsunamis; 3.2.1 -- 426 BC, North Evoikos Gulf, Central Greece; 3.2.2 -- July 21, 365, Western Hellenic Arc; 3.2.3 -- 544 or 545, Bulgarian Black Sea; 3.2.4 -- 556, August, Kos Island, Dodecenese Island Complex, Greece; 3.2.5 -- January 18, 746, Levantine Sea; 3.2.6 -- May 20, 1202, Cyprus and Levantine Sea; 3.2.7 -- August 8, 1303, Eastern Hellenic Arc; 3.2.8 -- October 14, 1344 (or 1343), Marmara Sea; 3.2.9 -- September 10, 1509, Marmara Sea; 3.2.10 -- March 9, 1630, Western Hellenic Arc

3.2.11 -- September 29, 1650 (Old Style), Kolumbo Volcano, South Aegean Sea3.2.12 -- January 11, 1693, Eastern Sicily; 3.2.13 -- January 7, 1731, Storfjorden, Norway; 3.2.14 -- November 1, 1755, South West Iberia; 3.2.15 -- February 6, 1783, Messina Straits; 3.2.16 -- February 23, 1887, Ligurian Sea; 3.2.17 -- December 28, 1908, Messina Straits; 3.2.18 -- February 9, 1948, Karpathos Island, Eastern Hellenic Arc; 3.2.19 -- July 9, 1956, Cyclades Islands, South Aegean Sea; 3.2.20 -- February 7, 1963, Western Corinth Gulf; 3.2.21 -- August 17, 1999, Izmit Bay, Marmara Sea

3.2.22 -- December 30, 2002, Stromboli