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Levin, Boris W.; Nosov, Mikhail A. - Physics of Tsunamis - 9783319240350 - V9783319240350
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Physics of Tsunamis

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Description for Physics of Tsunamis Hardback. Num Pages: 401 pages, 53 black & white illustrations, 114 colour illustrations, 3 black & white tables, 77 colo. BIC Classification: PHVG; RBKC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 765.

This second edition reflects significant progress in tsunami research, monitoring and mitigation within the last decade. Primarily meant to summarize the state-of-the-art knowledge on physics of tsunamis, it describes up-to-date models of tsunamis generated by a submarine earthquake, landslide, volcanic eruption, meteorite impact, and moving atmospheric pressure inhomogeneities. Models of tsunami propagation and run-up are also discussed. The book investigates methods of tsunami monitoring including coastal mareographs, deep-water pressure gauges, GPS buoys, satellite altimetry, the study of ionospheric disturbances caused by tsunamis and the study of paleotsunamis. Non-linear phenomena in tsunami source and manifestations of water compressibility are discussed in ... Read more

The first edition of this book was published in 2009. Since then, a few catastrophic events occurred, including the 2011 Tohoku tsunami, which is well known all over the world.

The book is intended for researchers, students and specialists in oceanography, geophysics, seismology, hydro-acoustics, geology, and geomorphology, including the engineering and insurance industries.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
401
Condition
New
Number of Pages
388
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319240350
SKU
V9783319240350
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About Levin, Boris W.; Nosov, Mikhail A.
Professor Boris W. Levin is a corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Director of the Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Far East Branch of RAS, in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia. He is a member of IUGG Tsunami Commission, American Geophysical Union, Seismological Society of America and National Geographic Society. He has more than 200 scientific publications in the ... Read more

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