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Global Tsunami Science : Past and Future. Volume I /

Tsunami science has evolved significantly since the occurrence of two of the most destructive natural disasters in recent times: the 26 December 2004 Sumatra tsunami that killed about 230,000 people along the coasts of 14 countries in the Indian Ocean and the 11 March 2011 Tohoku (Great East Japan)...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Geist, Eric L; Fritz, Hermann M; Rabinovich, A. B; Tanioka, Yuichiro
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkh user,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Pageoph Topical Volumes
Subjects:
Earth sciences
Geophysics
Geophysics/Geodesy
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55480-8
Summary: Tsunami science has evolved significantly since the occurrence of two of the most destructive natural disasters in recent times: the 26 December 2004 Sumatra tsunami that killed about 230,000 people along the coasts of 14 countries in the Indian Ocean and the 11 March 2011 Tohoku (Great East Japan) tsunami that killed almost 20,000 people and destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. As a result of these and many other destructive tsunamis that have occurred over just the last decade, scientists from around the world have come together to engage in tsunami research. The global com
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(VI,224pages).
ISBN: 9783319554808
Index Number: QC801
CLC: P731.25
Contents: Tsunami Probability and Uncertainty Analysis -- Tsunami Warning and Detection -- Tsunami Hydrodynamics and Modeling -- Landslide and Meteorological Tsunamis -- Case Studies.-.

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