Tsunami The Underrated Hazard (Second Edition) /

• Main Author: Bryant, Edward (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Oceanography.; Natural disasters.; Atmospheric sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

Tsunami: The Underrated Hazard, 2nd Edition, comprehensively describes the nature and process of tsunami formation, outlines field evidence for detecting the presence of past events, and describes notable events linked to earthquakes, volcanoes, submarine landslides, and comet impacts. The author pr...

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.