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Tsunami

Nature and Culture

Tsunami( )
Author: Hamblyn, Richard
Series title:Earth Ser.
ISBN:978-1-78023-416-8
Publication Date:Aug 2014
Publisher:Reaktion Books, Limited
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $28.95
Book Description:

When the earthquake that struck the Solomon Islands in 2013 produced tsunami waves that damaged the country's infrastructure, it was one in a recent string of reminders of the devastating effects these ferocious waves can have. From the 2011 tsunami in Japan to the giant waves that killed people near the Indian Ocean in 2004, these destructive events can utterly overwhelm an area not just with water but economic, social, and political devastations. But as Richard Hamblyn...
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Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Science / Earth Sciences / Oceanography
Author Biography
Hamblyn, Richard (Author)
Richard Hamblyn was born in 1965 & is a graduate of the universities of Essex & Cambridge, where he wrote a doctoral dissertation on the early history of geology in Britain. He lives & works in London.

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