Sweeping tsunamis
By: Louise and Richard Spilsbury.
Contributors: Spilsbury, Richard, 1963-
Series: Awesome forces of nature
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Tsunamis -- Juvenile literature.; Tsunamis -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile literature.; Tsunamis.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is a tsunami?; title: What causes a tsunami?; title: Where do tsunamis happen?; title: What happens in a tsunami?; title: Case study: Hawaii, 1946; title: Who helps when tsunamis happen?; title: Case study: Japan, 1993; title: Can tsunamis be predicted?; title: Can people prepare for tsunamis?; title: Case study: Papua New Guinea, 1998; title: Can tsunamis be prevented?; title: Destructive tsunamis of the past.