Earthquakes: Simulations, Sources and Tsunamis

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Tiampo, Kristy F. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Weatherley, Dion K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Weinstein, Stuart A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel, 2008.
• Σειρά: Pageoph Topical Volumes
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Oceanography.; Geotechnical engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Earth Sciences, general.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

In recent years, large earthquakes in the circum-Pacific region have repeatedly demonstrated its particular vulnerability to this potentially devastating natural hazard, including the M ~ 9.2 Northern Sumatra earthquake and tsunami of 2004 which resulted in the deaths of nearly 300,000 people. In th...