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The State-of-the-Art Numerical Tools for Modeling Landslide Tsunamis: A Short Review

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Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences

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We present a short review of the state-of-the-art numerical tools that have been used for modeling landslide-generated waves. A comparative study is conducted on the physical properties of earthquake- and landslide-generated waves suggesting that both dispersion and nonlinearity effects may be neglected for the former waves whereas they may be considered for the latter ones. We introduce landslide tsunami models and group them into three classes: (1) models treating the moving mass as a fluid, (2) models estimating the initial water surface, and (3) models fed by the transient seafloor deformation. Selection of a particular model from the list of models introduced here depends on: (1) the dimensions of the source, (2) the available computing capacities, (3) availability of fine bathymetric grid, and (4) the purposes of the modeling.

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Acknowledgments

This study was funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany. The first author is grateful to Prof. Kenji Satake (University of Tokyo, Japan) for his supports and fruitful discussions. This manuscript benefited from detailed and constructive reviews by Dr. Carl B. Harbitz (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway), Prof. Costas E. Synolakis (University of Southern California, USA) and Dr. Anawat Suppasri (Tohoku University, Japan) for which we are sincerely grateful.

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  1. Cluster of Excellence “The Future Ocean”, Institute of Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts University zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Mohammad Heidarzadeh

  2. Institute of Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität University zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Sebastian Krastel

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

    Ahmet C. Yalciner

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Heidarzadeh, M., Krastel, S., Yalciner, A.C. (2014). The State-of-the-Art Numerical Tools for Modeling Landslide Tsunamis: A Short Review. In: Krastel, S., et al. Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, vol 37. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00972-8_43

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