Tsunami The Underrated Hazard /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2008.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2008. |
| Series: | Geophysical Sciences,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74274-6 |
Table of Contents:
- Tsunami as a known hazard
- Tsunami dynamics
- Tsunami-formed landscapes
- Signatures of tsunami in the coastal landscape
- Coastal landscape evolution
- Causes of tsunami
- Earthquake-generated tsunami
- Great landslides
- Volcanic eruptions
- Comets and asteroids
- Modern risk of tsunami
- Risk and avoidance
- Epilogue.