The Tsunami Threat. Jerry Adler and Mary Carmichael.
by Adler, Jerry; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 2Science. Publisher: Newsweek, 2005ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Tsunami Warning System | TsunamisDDC classification: 050 Summary: "They are among the rarest of natural disasters, and the stealthiest, hiding the energy of a hydrogen bomb in an almost invisible swell. They are as hard to predict as the earthquakes that cause them, which is to say, virtually impossible. Tsunamis actually represent a double uncertainty, because they depend on essentially unknowable factors such as the exact topography of the seabed at the epicenter of a quake." (NEWSWEEK) This article discusses the difficulty in predicting earthquakes and the tsunamis they may cause.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Tsunami Threat, Jan. 10, 2005; pp. 40-44.
"They are among the rarest of natural disasters, and the stealthiest, hiding the energy of a hydrogen bomb in an almost invisible swell. They are as hard to predict as the earthquakes that cause them, which is to say, virtually impossible. Tsunamis actually represent a double uncertainty, because they depend on essentially unknowable factors such as the exact topography of the seabed at the epicenter of a quake." (NEWSWEEK) This article discusses the difficulty in predicting earthquakes and the tsunamis they may cause.
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