In search of ancient tsunamis : a researcher's travels, tools, and techniques

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서명/저자사항	In search of ancient tsunamis: a researcher's travels, tools, and techniques / James Goff.
개인저자	Goff, James R. (James Rodney), 1959- author.
형태사항	1 online resource (xiii, 260 pages) : color illustrations, color map
기타형태 저록	Print version: Goff, James R. 1959- In search of ancient tsunamis New York : Oxford University Press, [2023] 9780197675984
ISBN	9780197676011 0197676014 9780197676004 0197676006 0197675999 9780197675991
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	1 Serendipity: An Introduction -- Strand 1: December 26, 2004-Indian Ocean -- Strand 2: Same Time, Different Places -- Strand 3: New Light through Old Windows -- Strand 4: Chatham Islands-Rekohu/Wharekauri-How Big? -- Strand 5: Just Part of the Problem -- Strand 6: The Human Touch -- Strand 7: Piled Higher and Deeper -- Strand 8: A Country with Latitude -- Strand 9: Life and Death on the Edge -- Strand 10: The Future
소장본주기	Added to collection customer.56279.3
요약	"This is the story of a journey. It begins in a small, slightly overfull office in Sydney, Australia and ends in the unremitting heat of the Atacama Desert coast in Chile. To get from A to B though is no straight line, it takes many geographical and anecdotal tangents. The journey is one of discovery. It describes my part in the emergence of a new and extremely violent science - unravelling the mysteries of past tsunamis. There are two sides to the story of every tsunami - the careful piecing together of the physical evidence for these catastrophic events and the patient assembly of the jigsaw puzzle that often reflects the less tangible signs, the human story. After all, the only reason we really care about tsunamis is because they catch us by surprise, destroy our coastal communities, and kill us. The past couple of decades have seen 1000s of unnecessary tsunami-related deaths but we continue to believe that we can control nature, control this beast. It is only when you delve into the past that you start to realise that not only have tsunamis been even bigger than we have experienced in living memory, but that they have also destroyed coastal communities, and just like today we never seem to truly learn from these experiences. In the absence of this huge back catalogue of human folly we continue to make the same mistakes. In this case the past is our key to the future -the more we know about the past, the better prepared we will be for the future. The trick is to know what you are looking for; and this is the start of that journey"--
해제	Provided by publisher.
일반주제명	Tsunamis --Research. Natural disasters --History. Natural disasters. Tsunamis --Research.
언어	영어
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