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A short history of tsunami research and countermeasures in Japan

The tsunami science and engineering began in Japan, the country the most frequently hit by local and distant tsunamis. The gate to the tsunami science was opened in 1896 by a giant local tsunami of the highest run-up height of 38 m that claimed 22,000 lives. The crucial key was a tide record to conc...

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Autores principales: Shuto, Nobuo, Fujima, Koji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japan Academy 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3621565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19838008
http://dx.doi.org/10.2183/pjab.85.267