Landslide Tsunamis: Recent Findings and Research Directions
In the wake of the disastrous tsunami which struck Papua New Guinea in 1998, this volume presents 20 state-of-the-art contributions on landslide tsunamis, including earthquake characteristics and ground motions, modeling of landslides in geotechnical engineering, field surveys on land and at sea, si...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Basel
Birkhäuser Basel
2003, 2003
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2003 |
| Series: | Pageoph Topical Volumes
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | In the wake of the disastrous tsunami which struck Papua New Guinea in 1998, this volume presents 20 state-of-the-art contributions on landslide tsunamis, including earthquake characteristics and ground motions, modeling of landslides in geotechnical engineering, field surveys on land and at sea, simulations of past, present, and potential future tsunamis, and theoretical studies of tsunami generation by landslides |
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| Physical Description: | 435 p. 129 illus., 14 illus. in color online resource |
| ISBN: | 9783034879958 |