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References

Blais-Stevens, A. Geertsema, M., Schwab, J.W., Bornhold, B.D., and Mosher, D.C. 2006. A brief overview of landslide-generated tsunamis in North America, 2006 Disaster Mitigation Conference, Canadian Civil Engineering Conference, Calgary, Paper DM-024, 12 p.

Clague, J.J. 2001. Tsunamis. A Synthesis of geological hazards in Canada (G. Brooks, ed.) Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 548, p. 27-42.

Clague, J.J., Yorath, C.J.J., Franklin, R., and Turner, R.J.W. 2006. At risk. Earthquakes and tsunamis on the west coast Tricouni Press, Vancouver, 200 p.

Pararas-Carayannis, G. 1999. Analysis of mechanism of the giant tsunami generation in Lituya Bay on July 9, 1958 Tsunami Symposium, Hawaii, 11 p.

Ruffman, Alan. 1997. Tsunami Runup Mapping as an Emergency Preparedness Planning Tool : The 1929 Tsunami in St.Lawrence, Newfoundland. Prepared for the Office of the Senior Scientific Advisor, Emergency Preparedness Canada. Ottawa: Geomarine Associates Ltd. Halifax, Nove Scotia. v. 1, 107p.

Schwab, J.W. 1999. Tsunamis on Troitsa Lake, British Columbia Extension Note 35, Forest Sciences, BC Forest Service, Smithers, B.C., 4 p.

Ward, S.N. Day, S. 2001. Cumbre Vieja Volcano: Potential collapse and tsunami at La Palma, Canary Islands Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 28, No. 17. p. 3397-3400.


Web Sites

Federal Government

Environment Canada. Freshwater Website. The Management of Water. Floods. Tsunamis
A substantial amount of the information in the Floods section of the Freshwater Web site is taken from the following publication: "Canada Water Book on Flooding. 1993". Jeanne Andrews (ed.). Environment Canada. Ottawa, Ontario.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Atlantic tsunami warning system in place since January 2007
Natural Resources Canada. Earth Sciences Sector. Canadian Hazard Information Service. Earthquakes Canada
Public Safety Canada. Is your family prepared?

Provincial/Territorial Government

British Columbia Provincial Emergency Preparedness Program, Coastal Communities at Risk and Local Warning Capabilities
Tsunami hazard map of coastal British Columbia (from British Columbia Tsunami Warning and Alerting Plan 2001)
Government of British Columbia. Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General. Provincial Emergency Program. Tsunami Preparedness
The Provincial Emergency Program, as an essential part of the public safety network of British Columbia, will be the leader in emergency management, helping people to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies and disasters.

Other

Earthnet. Geology of Communities. Turbidites and the Grand Banks Earthquake
Global Security.org. Asian Tsunami Imagery, Aceh Sumatra, Indonesia
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan. December 26 Tsunami in Indian Ocean
United States Geological Survey. Western Coastal and Marine Geology. Tsunamis and Earthquakes
Tsunami Generation from the 2004 M=9.0 Sumatra Earthquake
United States Government. Department of Commerce. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. National Weather Service. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
Wikipedia. 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake