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Автор - Walter C. Dudley, Min Lee
Rub. date : 1998
Количество страниц - 362 pages
Издательство - University of Hawaii Press
Цена в
Barnes & Noble
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$21,95
The first edition of Tsunami!, published in 1988, provided readers with a complete examination of the tsunami phenomenon in Hawai'i. This second edition adds many eyewitness accounts of the tsunamis of 1946 and 1960 and expands its coverage to include major tsunamis in the Mediterranean and off the coasts of Japan, Chile, Indonesia, Fiji, Alaska, California, Newfoundland, and the Caribbean, as well as the 1998 devastation in Papua New Guinea. Dramatic photographs and accounts of experiencing a tsunami firsthand are placed within the framework of the how and why of tsunamis, our scientific understanding of these phenomena, and the current status of the Tsunami Warning System, which is widely used to forecast and measure tsunamis and prepare coastal areas for potentially deadly tsunami strikes.
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Автор - Yoshito Tsuchiya, Nobuo Shuto
Rub. date : 1995
Количество страниц - 336 pages
Издательство - Kluwer Academic Publishers
Цена в
Amazon
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$115
The Sixteenth International Tsunami Symposium, TSUNAMI `93, drew more than 150 scientists, engineers and specialists in tsunami research and disaster mitigation from 13 countries. The leading contributions to the symposium, selected after a rigorous reviewing process, are presented here under three broad headings: 1. Tsunami Generation, Propagation and Inundation: Their Prediction and Simulation. 2. Tsunami Disasters: Their Prevention and Mitigation. 3. Tsunami Observations, and Warning Systems and Plans for Improvement. Audience: Scientists, engineers and graduate students interested in the prediction of earthquakes and tsunamis, tsunami disasters and their prevention and mitigation. Professionals in the field of coastal management and protection.
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Автор - Edward Bryant
Rub. date : 2001
Количество страниц - 350 pages
Издательство - Cambridge University Press
Цена в
Amazon
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$15,98
Bryant (geoscience, University of Wollongong) describes the nature of the tsunami and the processes which affect it. He reviews field evidence signifying the occurrence of previous tsunamic events, and describes particular incidents linked to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, deep-sea landslides, and meteors. Though technical aspects are discussed, the book is written for a general audience. Black and white photographs, charts, maps, and diagrams are included.
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Автор - Ellen J. Prager
Rub. date : 1999
Количество страниц - 235 pages
Издательство - McGraw-Hill
Цена в
Amazon
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$16,47
EARTH REPORT 2000, sponsored by the Competitive Enterprise Institute--“the best environmental think tank in the country,” according to the WALL STREET JOURNAL--sets a new standard for examining humankind’s stewardship of this planet. In remarkably clear fashion, EARTH REPORT 2000 explains the key issues regarding our planet’s fitness to sustain future generations. It debunks many of the myths, statistical and scientific, that have influenced policies of the recent past. And it offers a persuasive argument for rethinking our approach to the most critical dilemmas of the next century. Environmental concerns both long familiar--global warming and overpopulation--and startlingly new--the “toxic menace” of endocrine disruptors--are addressed. Throughout, the expert authors, gathered from such distinguished institutions as the University of Chicago, NASA, the World Bank and the Cato Institute, challenge many widely held ideas. In doing so, they make compelling forecasts about a future world quite different from that envisioned by environmentalists, politicians and the news media.
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