Darwin, Geodynamics and Extreme Waves /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2015. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Prologue: a few notes about Charles Darwin, his research and the contents of the book
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Extracts from Darwin’s publications, and his basic geophysical ideas
- 3. Darwin’s reports on catastrophic natural phenomena and modern science: topographic effect and local circumstances
- 4. Darwin’s reports on catastrophic natural phenomena and modern science: seaquake-induced waves, atomization and cavitation
- 5. Extreme wave/ship interaction
- 6. Modelling of extreme waves in natural resonators: from gravity waves to the origin of the Universe
- 7. Final comments on Charles Darwin's geophysical observations.