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100			_aPerkins, Sid,
245		0	_aKiller Waves. _cSid Perkins.
260			_bScience News, _c2004.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2005. _nArticle 6, _pScience, _x1522-3264;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
500			_aOriginally Published: Killer Waves, March 6, 2004; pp. 152-154.
520			_a"Taken from Japanese, the word tsunami typically stimulates thoughts of monstrously tall waves that wipe out coastal communities and kill thousands of people. But tsunamis come in all sizes. Scientists estimate that the death toll of the 141 damaging tsunamis that occurred during the 20th century exceeds 70,000. During the same period, however, at least 900 smaller tsunamis caused no damage whatsoever." (SCIENCE NEWS) This article discusses the study of tsunamis and explains how scientists are becoming more accurate in predicting them.
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aComputer simulation
651			_aPacific Coast (U.S.)
650			_aRisk assessment
650			_aTsunamis
650			_aTsunamis _xForecasting
610			_aU.S. _bNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Adm.
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2005, _pScience. _x1522-3264;
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