This volume contains descriptions of about 300 tsunami and of similar known phenomena in the Mediterranean Sea. Earthquakes and other processes generating tsunami are also described. The intensity of tsunami waves is estimated, and the causes of tsunami generation are given together with the reliability of the information. The literary data are given on coordinates and magnitudes of tsunamigenic earthquakes. 18 zones of tsunami generation are identified, which have been subdivided into four groups according to the maximum intensity and periodicity. Audience: The book should be of interest to seismologists, oceanographers, volcanologists, geographers, and specialists investigating natural hazards and their consequences.
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About 300 descriptions of tsunamis and similar phenomena are known for the Mediterranean Sea. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
strong underground shocks, semidiurnal ebb, weak tsunami, tsunami problem, tsunami catalogue, sur les tremblements, tsunamigenic earthquakes, tsunamigenic zones, tsunami originated, tsunami study, strong tsunami, tsunami source, underground rumble, underground boom, underground roar, tsunami intensity, first receded, numerous aftershocks, tsunami research, main earthquake, weak earthquake, sea receded, tsunami waves, tsunami hazard, strongest shocks Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aegean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Ligurian Sea, Gulf of Corinth, Asia Minor, Calabrian Arc, Island of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Near East, Island of Sicily, Bay of Naples, Hellenic Arc, Island of Rhodes, Levantian Sea, Island of Zakynthos, Lipari Islands, Sea of Alboran, Island of Thira, San Remo, Island of Chios, Island of Cyprus, Island of Levkas, Gulf of Venice New!
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About 300 descriptions of tsunamis and similar phenomena are known for the Mediterranean Sea. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
strong underground shocks, semidiurnal ebb, weak tsunami, tsunami problem, tsunami catalogue, sur les tremblements, tsunamigenic earthquakes, tsunamigenic zones, tsunami originated, tsunami study, strong tsunami, tsunami source, underground rumble, underground boom, underground roar, tsunami intensity, first receded, numerous aftershocks, tsunami research, main earthquake, weak earthquake, sea receded, tsunami waves, tsunami hazard, strongest shocks Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aegean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Ligurian Sea, Gulf of Corinth, Asia Minor, Calabrian Arc, Island of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Near East, Island of Sicily, Bay of Naples, Hellenic Arc, Island of Rhodes, Levantian Sea, Island of Zakynthos, Lipari Islands, Sea of Alboran, Island of Thira, San Remo, Island of Chios, Island of Cyprus, Island of Levkas, Gulf of Venice New!
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- Tsunamis in the World (Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research) by Stefano Tinti in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Earthquake Hazard and Risk (Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research) by Vladimír Schenk in Back Matter
- Recent Studies in Geophysical Hazards (Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research) by Mohammed I. El-Sabh in Back Matter
- Earthquake Hazard and Seismic Risk Reduction (Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research) by Serguei Balassanian in Back Matter
- Strabo: Geography, Volume VI, Books 13-14 (Loeb Classical Library No. 223) (v. 6) by Strabo in Back Matter
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