Caribbean tsunami hazard /:

This book aims to present the overall existing tsunami hazard in the Caribbean Sea region, a region which is typically only associated with hurricanes. It initially presents an overview of all of the existing tsunami-causing factors found in the region: earthquakes, sub-aerial and submarine landslid...

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Körperschaft: NSF Caribbean Tsunami Workshop San Juan, P.R.
Weitere Verfasser: Mercado-Irizarry, Aurelio, Liu, Philip L. F.
Format: Elektronisch Tagungsbericht E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2006.
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Zusammenfassung:This book aims to present the overall existing tsunami hazard in the Caribbean Sea region, a region which is typically only associated with hurricanes. It initially presents an overview of all of the existing tsunami-causing factors found in the region: earthquakes, sub-aerial and submarine landslides, and submarine explosions. This is followed by field evidence of recent and pre-historic tsunami events, which gives credibility to all of this effort. The next section is a description of the tsunami hazard mitigation efforts being carried out locally and in collaboration with national and inter.
Beschreibung:"NSF Caribbean Tsunami Workshop, March 30-31, 2004, San Juan Beach Hotel, Puerto Rico."
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 341 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789812774613
9812774610
9812565353
9789812565358

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