The Orphan Tsunami Of 1700 Japanese Clues to a Parent Earthquake in North America
| Author/creator | Atwater, Brian F. Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | Seattle : University of Washington Press Chesham : Combined Academic Publishers, Limited [Distributor] |
| Description | 144 p. 11.000 x 08.600 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Musumi-Rokkaku, Satoko Author |
| Other author/creator | Satake, Kenji Author |
| Other author/creator | Tsuji, Yoshinobu Author |
| Other author/creator | Ueda, Kazue Author |
| Other author/creator | Yamaguchi, David K. Author |
| Summary | Annotation A puzzling tsunami entered Japanese history in January 1700. Samurai, merchants, and villagers wrote of minor flooding and damage. Some noted having felt no earthquake; they wondered what had set off the waves but had no way of knowing that the tsunami was spawned during an earthquake along the coast of northwestern North America. This orphan tsunami would not be linked to its parent earthquake until the mid-twentieth century, through an extraordinary series of discoveries in both North America and Japan. This book, now in its second edition, tells this scientific detective story through its North American and Japanese clues. The story underpins many of today's precautions against earthquake and tsunami hazards in the Cascadia region of northwestern North America. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780295998084 |
| ISBN | 0295998083 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780295998084 |
| Stock number | 00027464 |
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