Tsunami : The Underrated Hazard (Second Edition)
Publication year: 2008
ISBN: 978-3-540-74274-6
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Tsunami: The Underrated Hazard, 2nd Edition, comprehensively describes the nature and process of tsunami formation, outlines field evidence for detecting the presence of past events, and describes notable events linked to earthquakes, volcanoes, submarine landslides, and comet impacts. The author provides a clear approach to the study of tsunami, through dynamics, impact on coastlines, and overviews of the various major mechanisms of tsunami generation.
Subject: Earth and Environmental Science, Coast, Coastal attrition, Earthquake, Hazard, Indian Ocean, Natural disaster, Ocean, Oceanography, Pacific Ocean, Tsunami, marine, Natural Hazards, Oceanography, Atmospheric Sciences, Geophysics, Geodesy
