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Three great tsunamis Lisbon (1755), Sumatra-Andaman (2004) and Japan (2011) /
Tsunamis are primarily caused by earthquakes. Under favourable geological conditions, when a large earthquake occurs below the sea bed and the resultant rupture causes a vertical displacement of the ocean bed, the entire column of water above it is displaced, causing a tsunami. In the ocean, tsunami...
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Language: | English |
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Dordrecht ; New York :
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Dordrecht ; New York : [2013] |
Series: | SpringerBriefs in earth sciences.
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Contents:
- Fundamentals of Tsunamis
- 1755 Lisbon Earthquake Tsunami
- 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake and Tsunami
- 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake and Tsunami
- Global Effort to Forecast and Mitigate a Tsunami Hazard
- Where Are We?