Tsunamis
By: Nancy Harris, book editor.
Contributors: Harris, Nancy, 1952-
Series: Great disasters; Great disasters (Greenhaven Press)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 91
Subjects: Tsunamis.; Natural disasters.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-87) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The science and study of tsunamis; title: The nature and characteristics of tsunamis / James F. Lander and Patricia A. Lockridge; title: The Atlantic megatsunami / Edwin Unsworth; title: Chile and Peru: a major tsunami zone / Michael J. Mooney; title: 2. Tsunami disasters; title: The grounding of the USS Wateree / Ernest Zebrowski Jr.; title: The most deadly tsunami: Krakatau of 1883 / Edward Bryant; title: The twentieth century's largest tsunami / Gerard Fryer; title: The 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami / Walter C. Dudley and Min Lee; title: 3. Averting disaster; title: Reducing the risks of tsunamis to the coastal United States / Eric L. Geist et. al; title: The Pacific tsunami warning center / Edward Bryant; title: Tsunami prediction and mitigation / Ellen J. Prager; title: Tsunami warning systems / Robert Koenig.