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91 pages : 23 cm Tsunamis or seismic sea waves are the largest and most powerful waves in the world. These monstrous waves, which can travel back and forth across oceans, reach speeds of 300 to 600 miles per hour. Although tsunamis can go unnoticed in the open sea, their heights can reach 100 to 200 feet in shallow water where they continue to travel inland with tremendous destructive force. Tsunamis are triggered by earthquakes, submarine volcanoes, landslides, or more rarely, by meteorite impacts Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-87) and index 1. The science and study of tsunamis -- The nature and characteristics of tsunamis / James F. Lander and Patricia A. Lockridge -- The Atlantic megatsunami / Edwin Unsworth -- Chile and Peru: a major tsunami zone / Michael J. Mooney -- 2. Tsunami disasters -- The grounding of the USS Wateree / Ernest Zebrowski Jr. -- The most deadly tsunami: Krakatau of 1883 / Edward Bryant -- The twentieth century's largest tsunami / Gerard Fryer -- The 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami / Walter C. Dudley and Min Lee -- 3. Averting disaster -- Reducing the risks of tsunamis to the coastal United States / Eric L. Geist et. al -- The Pacific tsunami w

Author

Nancy Harris; Thomson Gale (Firm); Serials Solutions

Publisher

Greenhaven Press, Incorporated

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780737718768

Subjects

Anthropology, Science, Young Adult