For more information regarding historical tsunamis, tsunami risk, and volcanic activity in the Caribbean and adjacent waters please see the following sources:

 

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Lander, James F., Lowell S. Whiteside, and Patricia A. Lockridge.  2002.  A Brief history of tsunamis in the Caribbean Sea.  Science of Tsunami Hazards.  Vol. 20, No. 1, pp.57.      

 

O'Loughlin, Karen F. and James F. Lander.  2003.  Caribbean Tsunamis: A 500-Year History from 1498-1998.  Advances in Natural and Technology Hazards Research.  Kluwer Academic Publishers.  The Netherlands.

 

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Anderson, J., 1784.  An account of Morne Garou, a mountain in the island of St. Vincent with a description of the volcano on its summit.  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.  Vol. 125, pp. 32.

 

Anderson, T. 1903. Recent volcanic eruptions in the West Indies.  The Geographical Journal.

 

Anderson, T.  1908.  Report on the eruptions of the Soufričre in St. Vincent in 1902, and on a visit to Montagne Pelče in Martinique - The changes in the district and the subsequent history of the volcanoes.  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.  Series A-208 (Part II), pp. 275-352.

 

Anderson, T., and S. J. Flett.  1903. Report on the eruption of the Soufričre of St. Vincent in 1902 and on a visit to Montagne Pelče in Martinique.  Part I. Royal Society Philosophical Transactions.  Series A-200, pp. 353-553.

 

Bilek, S.L. and T. Lay.  20 July, 2002.  Tsunami earthquakes possibly widespread manifestation of frictional conditional stability.  Geophysical Research Letters.  Vol. 29, 10.1029/2002GL015215.

 

Brink, Uri S. ten, D. F. Coleman, and W. P. Dillon.  2002.  The nature of the crust under Cayman Trough from gravity.  Marine and Petroleum Geology.  Vol. 19, pp. 971-987.

 

Brink, Uri ten, W. Danforth, C. Polloni, and B. Andrews.  2004.  New seafloor map of the Puerto Rico trench helps assess earthquake and tsunami hazards.  EOS.  Vol. 85, No. 37, pp. 349-360.

 

Earthquake Research Committee.  2002.  Seismic activity in Japan -- regional perspectives on the characteristics of destructive earthquakes.   Report to Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion.  Japan.

 

ETDB/ATL.  15 March 2002.  Expert Tsunami Database for the Atlantics.  Version 3.6. Tsunami Laboratory, Novosibirsk, Russia.

 

Feuillet N., I. Manighetti, and P. Tapponier.  7 December, 2002.  Arc parallel extension and localization of volcanic complexes in Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles.  JGR.  Vol.107, 10.1029/2001JB000308, pp. 2331.

 

Flett, J.S.  1902.  Note on a preliminary examination of the ash that fell on Barbados after the eruption at St. Vincent, West Indies.  Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.  Vol. 58, pp. 368-370.

 

Grindlay, N. R., M. Hearne, and P. Mann.  22 March 2005.  High risk of tsunami in the Northern Caribbean.  EOS.  Vol. 86, No. 12, pp. 121.

 

Kanamori, H.  1972. Mechanism of Tsunami Earthquakes.  Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. Vol. 6, Issue 5, pp. 346-359.

 

Martin-Kaye, P.H.A.  1969.  Summary of the geology of the Lesser Antilles.  Overseas Geology & Mineral Resources. Vol. 10, pp. 172-206.

 

McCann, William R.  2004.  Estimating the threat of tsunamigenic earthquakes and earthquake induced-landslide tsunami in the Caribbean.  Earth Scientific Consultants. 

 

Mercado, A. and W. McCann.  2001.  Evaluation of the tsunami hazard for Eastern Hispaniola and Western Puerto Rico in the Caribbean Sea Region (Oral Poster).  U.S. National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program Review and International Tsunami Symposium.  Seattle, Washington.

 

Pararas-Carayannis, George.  2004.  Volcanic tsunami generating source mechanisms in the eastern Caribbean region.  Science of Tsunami Hazards.  Vol. 22, No. 2, pp.74. 

 

Pelinovsky, E., N. Zahibo, P. Dunkley, M. Edmonds, R. Herd, T. Talipova, A. Kozelkov, and I. Nikolkina.  2004.  Tsunami generated by the volcano eruption on July 12-13, 2003 at Montserrat, Lesser Antilles.  Sciences of Tsunami Hazard.  Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 44-57.

 

Perret, F.A., 1937. The eruption of Mt. Pelee, 1929-1932.  Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication. Vol. 458, pp. 126.

 

Sapper, K.  1903.  A report on a visit to St. Vincent.

 

Smith, A.L., and M.J. Roobol. 1990. Mt. Pelee, Martinique; A study of an active island-arc volcano.  Boulder, Colorado.  Geological Society of America Memoir.  Vol. 175, pp. 105.

 

University of the West Indies Seismic Research Unit-Volcanoes.  2005. http://www.uwiseismic.com/index.html.  See Disclaimer http://www.uwiseismic.com/disclaimer.html

 

USGS Workshop.  1999.  Seismic and tsunami hazard in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.  Colegio de Ingenieros y Agrimensores, San Juan. 

 

USGS Fact Sheet.  2001.  Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.  United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

 

Watts, P., and Grilli, S.  2004. Submitted.  Tsunami Generation by Submarine Mass Faliure: Part I Wavemaker Models.  J. Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 2004.

 

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.  2005.  Major Caribbean earthquakes and tsunamis a real risk.  SCI/TECH.  YubaNet.com.