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1. General Aspects of Tsunami Researches.- 1-1. Tsunamis of Seismic Origin; Science, Disasters and Mitigation.- 1-2. Needs and Perspectives of Tsunami Research in Europe.- 2. Historical Tsunamis.- 2-1. Identification of Slide-generated Tsunamis in the Historical Catalogues.- 2-2. Updating and Revision of the European Tsunami Catalogue.- 2-3. Tsunami of Sarkyö-Mürefte 1912 Earthquake: Western Marmara, Turkey.- 2-4. Spatial and Temporal Periodicity in the Pacific Tsunami Occurrence.- 3. Submarine Landslides and Tsunami Generation.- 3-1. Submarine Landslide Generated Waves Modeled Using Depth-Integrated Equations.- 3-2. Near Field Amplitudes of Tsunami from Submarine Slumps and Slides.- 3-3. Numerical Modeling of Tsunami Generation by Submarine and Subaerial landslides.- 3-4. Tsunami Simulation Taking Into Account Seismically Induced Dynamic Seabed Displacement and Acoustic Effects of Water.- 3-5. Impulsive Tsunami Generation by Rapid Bottom Deflections at Initially Uniform Depth.- 3-6. Analytical Models of Tsunami Generation by Submarine Landslides.- 3-7. Tsunami Generation in Compressible Ocean of Variable Depth.- 3-8. Tsunami Wave Excitation by a Local Floor Disturbance.- 3-9. Effects of Tsunami at Sissano Lagoon, Papua New Guinea: Submarine-Landslide and Tectonics Origins.- 3-10. Natural Gas Hydrates as a Cause of Underwater Landslides: A Rewiev.- 3-11. Coastal Deformation Occurred During the August 17, 1999 ?zmit Earthquake.- 4. Tsunami Propagation and Coastal Impact.- 4-1. A Review of Some Tsunamis in Canada.- 4-2. Synthetic Tsunami Simulations for the French Coasts.- 4-3. Inundation Modeling of the 1964 Tsunami in Kodiak Island, Alaska.- 4-4. A Method for Mathematical Modelling of Tsunami Runup on a Shore.- 4-5. Evaluation of Tsunami Hazard for the SouthernKamchatka Coast Using Historical and Paleotsunami data.- 4-6. Tsunami Hazards Associated With Explosion- Collapse Processes of a Dome Complex on Minoan Thera.- 4-7. Possible Tsunami Deposits Discovered on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and Some Applications.- 4-8. Influence of the Atmospheric Wave Velocity in the Coastal Amplification of Meteotsunamis.- 4-9. Impact of Surface Waves on the Coastal Ecosystems.- 5. Mitigation.- 5-1. Engineering Standards for Marine Oil Terminals and Other Natural Hazard Threats.- 5-2. A Tsunami Mitigation Program within the California Earthquake Loss Reduction Plan.- 5-3. Short-Term Inundation Forecasting For Tsunamis.- 5-4. Quantification of Tsunamis: A Review.- 5-5. Rubble Mound Breakwaters under Tsunami Attack.- 5-6. Vulnerability Assessment as a Tool for Hazard Mitigation.- 5-7. Producing Tsunami Inundation Maps; the California Experience.