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Contents

Foreword: Dr. Susanne Lehner

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Calm Sea
Chapter 2: The Four Winds and Waves
Chapter 3: Over the Bounding Main
Chapter 4: Tempests and Storm-Tossed Seas
Chapter 5: Swell
Chapter 6: Terror Waves: Tsunami
Chapter 7: The Southeast Asia Tsunami of December 26, 2004
Chapter 8: A Confused Sea
Chapter 9: Freaks, Rogues, and Giants
Chapter 10: When the Big Wave Comes: Are Ships Safe Enough?
Chapter 11: Davy Jones’s Locker

Appendixes
     A. Recent Research on Extreme Wave Models
     B. Units of Measure and Conversion Factors
     C. Glossary of Special Terms

End Notes

Annotated Bibliography

Permissions

Acknowledgments

Index

Plates and Illustrations:
12 full color plates, 19 black and white illustrations, 6 tables