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Tsunami The Underrated Hazard /
It is a comprehensive and well illustrated textbook on all aspects of tsunami. I don't think there is any other book on the topic published. As one bookseller said after the Indian Ocean tsunami event, "I would have just filled my front window with copies and they would have walked out the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2014.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed. 2014. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1 Tsunami as a known hazard
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Tsunami dynamics.- Part 2 Tsunami-Formed Landscapes
- 3. Signatures of tsunami in the coastal landscape
- 4. Coastal Landscape Evolution.- Part 3 Causes of Tsunami
- 5. Earthquake-Generated Tsunami
- 6. Great Tsunamigenic Earthquakes
- 7. Great Landslides
- 8. Volcanic Eruptions
- 9. Comets and Asteroids
- Part 4 Modern Risk of Tsunami
- 10. Risk and Avoidance
- 11. Epilogue
- References
- Index.