Tsunami disasters
(2012)
By:
Hawkins, John
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/551.463/HAWKINS,J
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PUBLISHED
New York : Rosen Central, [2012]
©2012
©2012
DESCRIPTION
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 27 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781448860050 (lib. bdg.), 1448860059 (lib. bdg.), 1448860059 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
What is a tsunami? -- The tsunami zone -- Earthquakes and tsunamis -- Volcanoes and tsunamis -- Devastation in Japan, 2011 -- Indian Ocean tsunami, 2004 -- Papua New Guinea tragedy, 1998 -- Phillipine danger zone, 1976 -- Japan's killer wave, 1896 -- Krakatoa catastrophe, 1883 -- Giant wave in Chile, 1868 -- Lisbon is flattened, 1755 -- Japan's sea of terror, 1854 -- Predicting tsunamis -- Looking to the future
Presents information on what a tsunami is, including major disasters, the relationship between volcanoes and earthquakes, and what early warning systems scientists are devloping