Physics of tsunamis. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Boris W. Levin, Mikhail A. Nosov.
• Authors: Levin, Boris (Boris W.); Nosov, Mikhail
• Contents: Introduction -- Preface to the 2-end edition -- General Information on Tsunami Waves, Seaquakes and Other Catastrophic Phenomena in the Ocean -- Physical Processes at the Source of a Tsunami of Seismotectonic Origin Source of a Tsunami of Seismotectonic Origin -- Hydrodynamic Processes at the Source of a Tsunami of Seismotectonic Origin: Incompressible Ocean Role of the Compressibility of Water and of Nonlinear Effects in the Formation of Tsunami Waves -- Role of the Compressibility of Water and of Nonlinear Effects in the Formation of Tsunami Waves -- The Physics of Tsunami Formation by Sources of Nonseismic Origin -- Propagation of a Tsunami in the Ocean and its Interaction with the Coast -- Methods of Tsunami Wave Registration.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 551.46/37; Earth sciences; Tsunamis; Geology; Oceanography; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Tsunamis; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Oceanography; Science -- Geophysics; Oceanography (seas); Geophysics; Nature -- Natural Disasters; Natural disasters; Earth Sciences; Natural Hazards; Oceanography; Geophysics and Environmental Physics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319240374; 3319240374; 3319240358; 9783319240350
• Related ISBNs: 3319240358; 9783319240350
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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