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Full Length Conference Papers and Book Chapters

Unrefereed Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles


2012

  1. *Lebreton, L. and Borrero J.C., (2012) Modeling the transport and accumulation floating debris generated by the 11 March 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami, Marine Pollution Bulletin, accepted, in revision.

  2. *Borrero, J.C. and Greer, S.D., (2012), Comparison of the 2010 Chile and 2010 Japan tsunamis in the Far-field, Pure and Applied Geophysics, DOI: 10.1007/s00024-012-0559-4.

  3. *Hill, E, Borrero, J., Huang, Z., Qiu, Q., Banerjee, P., Natawidjaja, D., Elosegui, P., Fritz, H., Pranantyo, I., Li, L., Macpherson, K., Skanavis, V., Synolakis, C., and Sieh, K. (2012), The 2010 Mw 7.8 Mentawai earthquake: Very shallow source of a rare tsunami earthquake determined from tsunami field survey and near-field GPS. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, B06402, DOI:10.1029/2012JB009159.

  4. *Borrero, J., Bell, R., Csato, C., DeLange, W., Greer, D., Goring, D., Pickett, V. and Power, W. (2012) Observations, Effects and Real Time Assessment of the March 11, 2011 Tohoku-oki Tsunami in New Zealand, Pure and Applied Geophysics, DOI: 10.1007/s00024-012-0492-6.

  5. *Lynett, P., Borrero, J., Weiss, R., Son, S., Greer, D., Renteria, W. (2012) Observations and Modeling of Tsunami-Induced Currents in Ports and Harbors, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 327-328 (68-74).

  6. *Lebreton, L.C.-M., Greer, S.D. and Borrero J.C., (2012) Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world’s oceans. Mar. Pollut. Bull., doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.10.027.


2011

  1. *Okal, E.A. and Borrero, J.C.  (2011) The "tsunami earthquake" of 22 June 1932 in Manzanillo, Mexico: Seismological study and tsunami simulations, Geophysical Journal International, 187, 1443–1459.

  2. *Fritz, H.M., Borrero, J.C., Synolakis, C.E., Okal, E.A., Weiss, R., Titiov, V., Jaffee, B., Foteinis, S., Lynett, P., Chan, I., and Liu, P.L-F (2011) Insights on the 2009 South Pacific Tsunami in Samoa and Tonga from Field Surveys and Numerical Simulations, Earth Sci. Revs., 107, 66–75.

  3. *Okal, E.A., J.C. Borrero, and C. Chagué-Goff (2011) Tsunamigenic predecessors to the 2009 Samoa earthquake, Earth Sci. Revs., 107, 128 – 140.

  4. *Prasetya, G., Borrero, J., de Lange, W., Black, K., and Healy, T., Modelling of inundation on Banda Aceh, Indonesia during the great Sumatra tsunamis December 26, 2004. Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/s11069-010-9710-7.

  5. *Barberopoulou, A., Borrero, J.C., Uslu, B., Legg, M. and Synolakis, C.E. (2011) A Second Generation of Tsunami Inundation Maps for the State of California, Pure and Applied Geophysics, DOI10.1007/s00024-011-0293-3

  6. *Prasetya, G., Black, K., de Lange, W., Borrero, J. Healy, T. (2011) Debris dispersal modeling for the great Sumatra Tsunamis on Banda Aceh and surrounding waters Natural Hazards DOI 10.1007/ s11069-011-9903-8


2010

  1. *Borrero, J.C., McAdoo, B., Jaffe, B., Dengler, L., Gelfenbaum, G., Higman, B., Hidayat, R., Moore, A., Kongko, W., Lukijanto, Peters, R., Prasetya, G., Titov, V., Yulianto, E. (in press) Field Survey of the March 28, 2005 Nias-Simeulue Earthquake and Tsunami, Pure and Applied Geophysics

  2. *Emile A. Okal, Hermann M. Fritz, Costas E. Synolakis, José C. Borrero, Robert Weiss, Patrick J. Lynett, Vasily V. Titov, Spyros Foteinis, Bruce E. Jaffe, Philip L.-F. Liu, and I-chi Chan Field Survey of the Samoa Tsunami of 29 September 2009 Seismological Research Letters 81(4): 577-591


2009

  1. *Borrero, J.C., Weiss, R., Okal, E., Hidayat, R., Suranto, Arcas, D., and Titov, V.V., (2009), The Tsunami of September 12, 2007, Bengkulu Province, Sumatra, Indonesia: Post-Tsunami Field Survey and Numerical Modeling, Geophysical Journal International, Vol 178, p. 180–194 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04058.x

  2. *Barberpoulou, A., Borrero, J.C., Kalligeris, N., Goltz, J.D., Wilson, R.I. and Synolakis, C.E. (2009) Unprecedented coverage of the Californian coast promises improved tsunami preparedness. Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Accepted for publication.


2008

  1. *Borrero, J.C., Weiss, R., Okal, E., Hidayat, R., Suranto, Arcas, D., and Titov, V.V., (2008), The Tsunami of September 12, 2007, Bengkulu Province, Sumatra, Indonesia: Post-Tsunami Field Survey and Numerical Modeling, Geophysical Journal International, Accepted for Publication.

  2. *Dengler, L.A., Uslu, B., Barberpoulou, A., Borrero, J.C., and Synolakis, C. (2008).  The Vulnerability of crescent city, California, to Tsunamis Generated by Earthquakes in the Kuril Islands Region of the Northwestern Pacific, Seismological Research Letters, Vol. 79, No. 5, September/October, 2008, 608 - 619.

  3. *Fritz, H. M., Kalligeris, N., Borrero, J.C., Broncano, P., and Ortega, E. (2008). 15 August 2007 Peru tsunami runup observations and modeling, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 35, L10604, doi:10.1029/2008GL033494, 2008.


2007

  1. *Uslu, B., Borrero, J.C., Dengler, L., and Synolakis, C.E. (2007). Tsunnami Inundation at Crescent City, California generated by earthquakes on the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 34, L20601.

  2. *Mead, S.T., Borrero, J.C., Black, K.P., Anderson, K. (2007).  Multi-Faceted Beach Management at St. Francis Bay Beach, South Africa, Shore and Beach, V 75 (4): 43 - 54.

  3. *B.G McAdoo, Richardson N., and Borrero J.C. (2007).  Inundation distances and run-up measurements from ASTER, QuickBird and SRTM data, Aceh coast, Indonesia. International Journal of Remote Sensing V28, No. 13-14, July 2007.


2006

  1. *Satake, K., E.A. Okal, and J.C. Borrero (2006), Tsunami and its hazard in the Indian and Pacific Oceans: Introduction to the topical issue, Pure Appl. Geophys., 164, 249-259, 2007.

  2. *Borrero, J.C., Sieh, K., Chlieh, M. and Synolakis, C.E. (2006), Tsunami Inundation Modeling for Western Sumatra, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, V. 103, No. 52, p. 19673 - 19677.

  3. *E.A. Okal, J.C. Borrero, and C.E. Synolakis (2006) Evaluation of Tsunami Risk from Regional Earthquakes at Pisco, Peru. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 96, 1634-1648.

  4. *J.C. Borrero, C.E. Synolakis, H.M Fritz (2006) Northern Sumatra Field Survey after the December 2004 Great Sumatra Earthquake and Indian Ocean Tsunami, Earthquake Spectra, V 22, S3, June 2006, S93 - S104.

  5. *Bruce E. Jaffe, Jose C. Borrero, Gegar S. Prasetya, Robert Peters, Brian McAdoo, Guy Gelfenbaum, Robert Morton, Peter Ruggiero, Bretwood Higman, Lori Dengler, Rahman Hidayat, Ettiene Kingsley, Widjo Kongko, Lukijanto, Andrew Moore et al. (2006) Northwest Sumatra and Offshore Islands Field Survey after the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Earthquake Spectra, V 22, S3, June 2006, S105 - S135.

  6. *H.M. Fritz and J.C. Borrero (2006) Somalia Field Survey after the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Earthquake Spectra, V 22, S3, June 2006, S219 - S233.

  7. *Fritz, H.M., J.C. Borrero, C.E. Synolakis, J.Yoo (2006) 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami flow velocity measurements from survivor videos, Geophysical Research Letters, V 33.


2005

  1. *Borrero, J.C. (2005).  Field Data and Satellite Imagery of Tsunami Effects in Banda Aceh, Science, V. 308, p. June 10, 2005.

  2. *Borrero, J.C. (2005).  Field Survey of Northern Sumatra and Banda Aceh, Indonesia after the Tsunami and  Earthquake of 26 December 2004, Seismological Research Letters V. 74, No. 3, 309 - 317, May/June 2005.

  3. *Liu, P. L.-F. and Wu, T.-R. and Raichlen, F. and Synolakis, C. E. and Borrero, J. C. (2005) Runup and rundown generated by three-dimensional sliding masses. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 536 (1). pp. 107-144. ISSN 0022-1120.


2004

  1. *Borrero, J.C., Legg, M.R., and Synolakis (2004). C.E., Nearshore Tsunami Sources in Southern California, Geophysical Research Letters.  Vol 31, July 2004.

  2. *Legg, M.R., J.C. Borrero, C.E. Synolakis (2004). Tsunami Hazards from the Catalina Fault Offshore Southern California, Earthquake Spectra, Vol. 20, No. 3, p. 917 - 950, August 2004.

  3. *Okal, E.A., J.C. Borrero, and C.E. Synolakis (2004). The earthquake and tsunami of 17 November 1865: Evidence for farfield tsunami hazard from Tonga.  Geology and Geophysics International, V.157, 164-174, 2004.


2003

  1. *Lynett, P.J., J.C. Borrero,  P.L.-F. Liu, and C.E. Synolakis (2003).  Field Survey and Numerical Simulations:  A Review of the 1998 Papua New Guinea Earthquake and Tsunami.  Pure and Applied Geophysics, V. 160, no. 10-11, pp. 2119 - 2146, October 2003.

  2. *Borrero, J.C., J. Bu, C. Saiang, B. Uslu, J. Freckman, B. Gomer, E.A. Okal, and C.E. Synolakis (2003).  Field survey and preliminary modeling of the Wewak, Papua New Guinea earthquake and tsunami of September 9, 2002, Seismological  Research  Letters, V. 74, No.4, pp.393 - 405, July/August 2003.

  3. *Okal, E.A., G. Plafker, C.E. Synolakis, and J.C. Borrero (2003). Near-field survey of the 1946 Aleutian tsunami on Unimak and Sanak Islands, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Amer., V. 93, No. 3, pp. 1226 - 1234, June 2003.


2002

  1. *Okal, E.A., L. Dengler, S. Araya, J.C. Borrero, B. Gomer, S. Koshimura, G. Laos, D. Olcese, M. Ortiz, M. Swensson, V.V. Titov, and F. Vegas (2002), A field survey of the Camaná, Peru tsunami of June 23, 2001, Seismological Research Letters., 73, 904-917, 2002.

  2. *Okal, E.A., C.E. Synolakis, G.J. Fryer, P. Heinrich, J.C. Borrero, C. Ruscher, D. Arcas, G. Guille, and D. Rousseau, A field survey of the 1946 Aleutian tsunami in the far field, Seismological Research Letters, 73, 490-503, 2002.

  3. *Okal, E.A., G.J. Fryer, J.C. Borrero, and C. Ruscher (2002). The landslide and local tsunami of 13 September 1999 on Fatu-Hiva (Marquesas Islands; French Polynesia), Bull. Soc. Géol. France, 173, 359-367, 2002.

  4. *Synolakis, C.E., J.-P. Bardet, J.C. Borrero, H.L. Davies, E.A. Okal, E.A. Silver, S. Sweet, and D.R. Tappin (2002). The slump origin of the 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami, Proceedings of  the Royal Society  (London), Ser. A, 458, 763-789, 2002.


2001

  1. *Borrero, J.C., Dolan, J., Synolakis, C.E., Tsunami Sources Within the Eastern Santa Barbara Channel, Geophysical Research Letters, V. 28 (4), 643-647.


1999

  1. *Kawata, Y., B. Benson, J.C. Borrero, J.L. Borrero, H.L. Davies, W.P. deLange, F. Imamura, H. Letz, J. Nott, and C.E. Synolakis Tsunami in Papua New Guinea was as Intense as First Thought, Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Cover Article, V. 80, # 9, March 2, 1999.


1997

  1. *Borrero J.C., Titov, V., Ortiz, M. and Synolakis, C. E., Mexican Earthquake Generates Tsunami, New Data and Unusual Photos, Eos, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Cover Article, Vol. 78, # 8, Feb. 25, 1997.



Full Length Conference Papers and Book Chapters


2011

  1. *Borrero, J.C., Greer, S.D., Lebreton, L. and Fritz, H.M. (2011) Field Surveys and Numerical Modelling of the 2009 South Pacific and 2010 Mentawai Islands Tsunamis, Proceedings of Coasts and Ports Conference, Perth, Australia, September 28-30, 2011.


  1. *Mead, S.T. and Borrero, J.C., (2011), Multi-Purpose Reefs: A Decade of Applications Proceedings of Coasts and Ports Conference, Perth, Australia, September 28-30, 2011.


2010

  1. *Prasetya, G., Borrero, J.C., (2010) Modeling a General Distribution of Suspended Materials and Flotsam Throughout the Affected Regions in Banda Aceh During the 26 December 2004 Tsunami Event, Proceedings of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Modeling Symposium, Fremantle, Australia, 12-15 October 2010.

  2. * Borrero, J.C., Mead, S.T., and Moores, A. (2010) Stability Considerations for Structures Constructed from Large, Sand Filled Geotextile Containers, Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE), Shanghai, China, July 2010.

  3. *Mead, S.T., Bleinkinsopp, C., Moores, A., and Borrero, J.C. (2010) Design and Construction of the Boscombe Multipurpose Reef, Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering (ICCE), Shanghai, China, July 2010.


2009

  1. *Phillips, D., Mead, S., Harrison, S., Frazerhurst, J., Dodet, G., Klinginger, C.,  and Borrero, J., (2009) Oceanography in the Public Interest: Tales from Raglan, Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Port and Harbour Conference, Wellington New Zealand

  2. *Harrison, S., Borrero, J., Klinginger, C., Mead, S., Phillips, D. (2009) Hydrodynamic Modeling of Whaingaroa Harbour  Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Port and Harbour Conference, Wellington New Zealand


2008

  1. *Uslu, B., Borrero, J.C., Dengler, L., Synolakis, C., Barberpoulou, A. (2008). "Tsunami Inundation from Great Earthquakes on the Cascadia Subduction Zone Along the Northern California Coast" in: Wallendorf, L. (ed) Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008 Tsunamis: Proceedings of sessions of the conference, April 13 - 16, 2008: Oahu, Hawaii.

  2. *Chawla A., Borrero, J.C. and Titov, V.V. (2008) "Evaluating wave propagation and inundation model characteristics of the MOST tsunami model over a complex 3D beach" in Liu, P. L-F., Yeh, H. and Synolakis, C. (eds.) Advanced Numerical Models for Simulating Tsunami Waves and Runup World Scientific, 344 pages, 2008.


2007

  1. *J.C. Borrero, C. Bosserelle, G. Prasetya and K.P. Black (2007). "Using 3DD to model tsunami inundation" Proceedings of Coasts and Ports 2007.

  2. *J.C. Borrero, D. Goring, C. Bosserelle and K.P. Black (2007)." Observations and modeling of the May 4, 2006 Tonga tsunami in New Zealand", Proceedings of Coasts and Ports 2007


2006

  1. *Borrero, J.C., B. Uslu, C.E. Synolakis, and V.V. Titov (2006) Modeling Far-Field Tsunamis for California Ports and Harbors, Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, San Diego, CA September 2006.

  2. *Synolakis, C.E., Borrero, J.C., Fritz, H., Titov, V., Okal, E. (2006). Inundation During the 26 December 2004 Tsunami, Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, San Diego, CA September 2006.


2005

  1. *.C. Borrero, J. Moore, S. Cho, and C.E. Synolakis "Natural Disasters and California:  The Regional Economic Cost of a Tsunami Wave Generated by the Palos Verdes Slide," Infrastructure risk Management Processes:  Natural, Accidental, and Deliberate Hazards, ASCE Council on Disaster Risk Management Monograph No. 1, May, 2005, edited by Craig Taylor and Erik VanMarcke (2006): 67-94.  Presented at the Workshop on Acceptable Risk Processes for Natural and Manmade Hazards Affecting Lifelines, American Society of Civil Engineers Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering Sixth U.S. Conference and Workshop on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering, Long Beach, August 10-13, 2003; and the 2005 Annual ASCE Civil Engineering Conference Next Generation Infrastructure: Projects that Create the Future, Los Angeles, October 27- 29, 2005.


2004

  1. *Borrero J.C., A.C. Yalciner, U. Kanoglu, V. Titov, D. McCarthy, and C.E. Synolakis (2003) Producing Tsunami Inundation Maps: The California Experience. Submarine Landslides and Tsunamis Yalciner, Pelinovsky, Okal and Synolakis (eds), NATO Science Series IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences - Vol. 21, Kluwer Academic Press.


2003

  1. *Dengler, L., J. Borrero, G. Gelfenbaum, B. Jaffe, E. Okal, M. Ortiz, and V. Titov, Tsunami, in: Southern Peru earthquake of 23 June 2001, Reconnaissance Report, Edited by A. Rodriguez-Marek and C. Edwards, Earthquake Spectra, 19, Supp. A., 115-144, 2003.


2002

  1. *Borrero, J.C. for the ITST, Field survey of the June 23, 2001 earthquake and tsunami in Southern Peru, in: Solutions to Coastal Disasters '02, Ed. By L. Ewing and L. Wallendorf Amer. Soc. Civil Eng., pp.  892 - 904, 2002.

  2. *Okal, E.A., J.C. Borrero, and C.E Synolakis, Solving the puzzle of the 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami: The case for a slump, in: Solutions to Coastal Disasters '02, Ed. by L. Wallendorf and L. Ewing, Amer. Soc. Civil Eng., pp. 863-877, 2002.


2001

  1. *"Changing field data gives better model results. An example from Papua New Guinea", Borrero, J.C., Presentation, International Tsunami Symposium, August 8-9, 2001, Seattle, WA.


1997

  1. *Synolakis, C.E., D. McCarthy, V.V. Titov, J.C. Borrero, Evaluating the Tsunami Risk in California, in: California and the World Oceans '97, Amer. Soc. Civil Eng.



Unrefereed Publications


  1. *J.C. Borrero, M.L. Eskijian, J. Moore and C.E. Synolakis "The Cost of Tsunamis in US Ports," Pacific Maritime, 23, 4 (2005): 20-21.

  2. *J.C. Borrero, S. Cho, J. Moore, H. W. Richardson and C.E. Synolakis "Could it Happen Here?," Civil Engineering, 75, 4 (2005): 54-65.