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Landslide Tsunamis: Recent Findings and Research Directions /

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In the wake of the disastrous tsunami which struck Papua New Guinea in 1998, this volume presents 20 state-of-the-art contributions on landslide tsunamis, including earthquake characteristics and ground motions, modeling of landslides in geotechnical engineering, field surveys on land and at sea, si...

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Main Author: Bardet, Jean-Pierre
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Imamura, Fumihiko, Synolakis, Costas E., Okal, Emile A., Davies, Hugh L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint : Birkhäuser, 2003.
Series:Pageoph topical volumes.
Subjects:
Geography.
Physical geography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In the wake of the disastrous tsunami which struck Papua New Guinea in 1998, this volume presents 20 state-of-the-art contributions on landslide tsunamis, including earthquake characteristics and ground motions, modeling of landslides in geotechnical engineering, field surveys on land and at sea, simulations of past, present, and potential future tsunamis, and theoretical studies of tsunami generation by landslides.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (435 pages)
ISBN:9783034879958 (electronic bk.)
3034879954 (electronic bk.)