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The Orphan Tsunami of 1700
- Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America
Engelsk Paperback

The Orphan Tsunami of 1700

- Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America
Engelsk Paperback

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A puzzling tsunami entered Japanese history in January 1700. Samurai, merchants, and villagers wrote of minor flooding and damage. Some noted having felt no earthquake; they wondered what had set off the waves but had no way of knowing that the tsunami was spawned during an earthquake along the coast of northwestern North America. This orphan tsunami would not be linked to its parent earthquake until the mid-twentieth century, through an extraordinary series of discoveries in both North America and Japan. The Orphan Tsunami of 1700, now in its second edition, tells this scientific detective story through its North American and Japanese clues. The story underpins many of today's precautions against earthquake and tsunami hazards in the Cascadia region of northwestern North America. The Japanese tsunami of March 2011 called attention to these hazards as a mirror image of the transpacific waves of January 1700. Hear Brian Atwater on NPR with Renee Montagne http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4629401
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
144
ISBN-13:
9780295998084
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0295998083
Udg. Dato:
1 jan 2016
Længde:
11mm
Bredde:
280mm
Højde:
220mm
Forlag:
University of Washington Press
Oplagsdato:
1 jan 2016
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