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- Comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of all aspects of tsunamis
- Easily readable for laypersons, but still scientifically well founded
- Emphasises the fact that tsunamis are vastly underrated
- Reviews current warning systems: strengths and weaknesses
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Tsunami as a Known Hazard
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Tsunami-Formed Landscapes
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Causes of Tsunami
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Modern Risk of Tsunami
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
From the book reviews:
“Bryant (International Univ. of Malaya-Wales), an outstanding international expert, has updated his earlier editions … providing comprehensive coverage of tsunami science and history. … chapters cover tsunami dynamics, tsunami-modified coastal landscapes, major causes, and poignant case histories. … This work is valuable to a wide audience–students and professionals in environmental sciences and economics, coastal engineering, geology, geophysics, and oceanography; civic/emergency planners; and people living along coastlines. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.” (T. T. Grose, Choice, Vol. 52 (6), February, 2015)Authors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, International University of Malaya-Wales, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Edward Bryant
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Tsunami
Book Subtitle: The Underrated Hazard
Authors: Edward Bryant
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06133-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-06132-0Published: 02 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33096-9Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-06133-7Published: 11 June 2014
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XXXI, 222
Number of Illustrations: 141 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Natural Hazards, Oceanography, Physical Geography, Climate Change