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Tsunami: The Underrated Hazard

Door Edward Bryant

Categorie
Algemeen Natuur
Boeknummer
#276696
Titel
Tsunami: The Underrated Hazard
Auteur
Bryant, Edward
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Cambridge University Press
Jaar van uitgave
2001
ISBN10
052177599X
ISBN13
9780521775991
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting

In the past decade over ten major tsunami events have impacted on the world's coastlines, causing devastation and loss of life. Evidence for past great tsunami, or 'mega-tsunami', has also recently been discovered along apparently aseismic and protected coastlines. With a large proportion of the world's population living on the coastline, the threat from tsunami can not be ignored. This book comprehensively describes the nature and process of tsunami, outlines field evidence for detecting the presence of past events, and describes particular events linked to earthquakes, volcanoes, submarine landslides and meteorite impacts. While technical aspects are covered, much of the text can be read by anyone with a high school education. The book will appeal to students and researchers in geomorp
... (Lees verder)hology, earth and environmental science, and emergency planning, and will also be attractive for the general public interested in natural hazards and new developments in science.
Pagina's
320
Conditie
Goed — Name/address sticker on endpaper.
Prijs
€ 15,00

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