A tsunami is a series of water waves that is caused when a large volume of a body of water, such as an ocean, is rapidly displaced. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions, landslides, bolide impacts, and other disturbances above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami. Furthermore, Tsunamis and storm surges have killed more than one million people, and some three billion people live with a high risk of these disasters that are becoming more frequent and devastating world-wide. This book presents field survey results on tsunami arrival times, wave run-up heights, inundation distances and damage to properties on beaches due to tsunamis. The main injuries of survivors (i.e., aspiration and trauma) are also analysed. Effects of coastal forests on tsunami run-up heights are discussed as well. Other chapters in this book highlight topics such as tsunamis and poisonous gases generated by asteroid impact in the Black Sea, tsunami simulation research, coastal protection measures for tsunami disaster reduction, case studies from the Sri Lanka tsunami, tsunami monitoring and detection, and early warning systems.
| ISBN | 1608763609 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9781608763603
(What's this?) | | Pages | 261 | | Publisher | Nova Science Publishers Inc | | Published in | New York | | Imprint | Nova Science Publishers Inc | | Height (mm) | 260 | | Format | Hardback | | Width (mm) | 180 | | Publication date | 18 Aug 2010 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY | 363.3494 | |
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Preface; Tsunamis & Poisonous Gases Generated by Asteroid Impact in the Black Sea; Tsunami Simulation Research & Mitigation Programs in Malaysia Post 2004 Andaman Tsunami; 2004 - Tsunami Characteristics of Wounds; Application of Coastal Forest in Tsunami Disaster Mitigation; Coastal Protection Measures for Tsunami Disaster Reduction; Response of Coastal Vegetation & the Need for Green Belts along the Tamil Nadu Coast, India: The December 2004 Tsunami Experience; 2004 Tsunami Inundation & Evidence for Earlier Events -A Case Study from Sri Lanka; Tsunamis, Generation & Mathematical Modelling; Indian Ocean Earthquake & Tsunami: Humanitarian Assistance & Relief Operations; Tsunamis: Monitoring, Detection, & Early Warning Systems; Index.
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