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Tsunamis : causes, characteristics, warnings and protection /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
c2010.
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| Colección: | Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""TSUNAMIS: CAUSES, CHARACTERISTICS, WARNINGS AND PROTECTION ""; ""TSUNAMIS: CAUSES, CHARACTERISTICS, WARNINGS AND PROTECTION ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""TSUNAMIS AND POISONOUS GASES GENERATEDBY ASTEROID IMPACT IN THE BLACK SEA""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Contemporary Black Sea Conditions""; ""3. Recent Black Sea Tsunami Run-Up Events""; ""4. Asteroid Impacts on Earth""; ""5. Frequency of Asteroid Impacts in Black Sea""; ""6. Effects of an Asteroid Impacting the Black Sea""; ""7. Tsunami Dynamics""; ""7.1. Numerical Approach""; ""7.2. General Features of Tsunamiclaw""
- ""7.3. Results""""8. Hydrogen Sulfide Cloud Dynamics""; ""8.1. Information about Hydrogen Sulfide""; ""8.2. Hydrogen Sulfide Cloud Generation""; ""8.3. Model of Hydrogen Sulfide Down-Wind Dispersion""; ""8.4. Model Implementation""; ""8.4.1. Population Distribution""; ""8.4.2. Wind Data""; ""8.4.3. Results and Discussions""; ""9. Risks for Nuclear Explosions""; ""10. Possible Social Impacts and Prevention""; ""11. Conclusion""; ""References""; ""TSUNAMI SIMULATION RESEARCH AND MITIGATIONPROGRAMS IN MALAYSIA POST 2004 ANDAMANTSUNAMI""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction: 26 December 2004 Tsunami""
- ""Post Tsunami Research Activities in Malaysia""""Arrival Time, Runup and Inundation""; ""Damage along Malaysian Coasts""; ""Shallow Water Equations""; ""Numerical Model Tuna""; ""Tuna vs. Comcot""; ""Simulation Results""; ""Beach Runup""; ""Manham""; ""Role of Mangrove""; ""Numerical Algorithm""; ""An Illustrative Example""; ""Penang Case Study""; ""Forest Width 1000 M""; ""Forest Width 500 M""; ""Towards Tsunami Resilient Communities""; ""SCSTW3""; ""Academy of Sciences Malaysia""; ""MMD Established Mntews""; ""Tsunami Buoys in South China Sea""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgment""
- ""4. Survival Capacity of a Coastal Forest against Tsunami""""Minimum Trunk Diameter""; ""Wave Thrust and Tree Breaking Moment""; ""5. Effect of Forest Density on the Reduction of Tsunami Flow""; ""Forest Density for Low-Inundation""; ""Forest Density for High-Inundation""; ""The Importance of Variation in the Forest Components""; ""Effect of Trees Arrangement in the Forest""; ""6. Effect of Forest Width on the Reduction of Tsunami Flow""; ""7. Effects of Forest Ground Topography""; ""8. Implementation""; ""9. Conclusions""; ""References""