Modeling and visualization of tsunamis: Mediterranean examples

Development of a Tsunami Inundation Analysis Model for Urban Areas Using a Porous Body Model

“…Meanwhile, the vertically integrated two-dimensional calculation models for the investigation of near-field tsunamis (TUNAMI-N1, -N2 and -N3 [10,11]; MOST [12]; COMCOT [13,14]; NAMIDANCE [15]; TsunAWI [16]; ANUGA [17]), which are based on NSWW theory, have been widely applied for both research [18][19][20][21][22][23][24] and practical purposes. For example, the TUNAMI has been transferred to many countries in the Tsunami Inundation Modeling Exchange (TIME) project [11,25].…”

A Review of Potential Tsunami Impacts to the Suez Canal

“…The methodology discussed here is predicated neither on our interpretations of tsunamigenesis nor on our computer modeling of tsunami wave transmission, although other researchers' efforts at simulations of numerical tsunami propagation are reported (e.g., Beisel et al, 2009;Fine et al, 2003;Salamon et al, 2008;Sintubin, 2011;Sørensen et al, 2012;Yalçiner et al, 2007;Zaytsev et al, 2008). Instead, our analyses depend on an approach that integrates known facts or documented events that are believed to have taken place in the past, even though archeoseismological data and other kinds of interpretations of geological events may not be in perfect agreement.…”

“…Although no computer analyses of potential tsunamis that could impact the eastern Nile Delta, including the two northernmost entrances to the Suez Canal, were conducted, other researchers have initiated mathematical scenarios of interest (e.g., Beisel et al, 2009;Pareschi, Boschi, and Favalli, 2006;Salamon, 2010;Salamon et al, 2008;Sørensen et al, 2012;Tinti et al, 2005;Yalçiner et al, 2007;Zaytsev et al, 2008). Tinti et al (2005), for example, ran several computer simulations, one of which, their ''eastern Hellenic Arc scenario,'' is relevant to a potential tsunami entering the Suez Canal.…”

“…Tsunamigenesis in the Mediterranean Sea Basin is related to complex tectonics that is generally described within the purview of the collision between the Eurasian and the African tectonic plates, as summarized by Tinti et al (2005) for different expressions in various parts of the Mediterranean Sea. The major fault and shear zones around the eastern Mediterranean Sea Basin include the Hellenic Arc, North Anatolian Fault Zone, East Anatolian Fault Zone, Cyprus Arc, Pelusium (megashear) Line, and Dead Sea Fault (e.g., Neev, 1977;Neev, Hall, and Saul, 1982;Yalçiner et al, 2007;Zaytsev et al, 2008). Figure 5 is an example of some major tectonic elements in the general Suez region.…”

A Possible Submarine Landslide and Associated Tsunami at the Northwest Nile Delta, Mediterranean Sea

“…However, the kinematic characteristics of mass flows on the seafloor due to landslides or slumps necessitate use of different types of initial wave profiles that take into account the slow generation velocity of seafloor landslides. NAMI DANCE was developed specifically for tsunami modeling (Yalciner et al, 2006), and it has been tested and validated for research and operational purposes (Zahibo et al, 2003;Ozer and Yalciner, 2011;Yalciner et al, 2006Yalciner et al, , 2007Yalciner et al, , 2010Onat and Yalciner, 2013 …”