6 options
The Orphan tsunami of 1700 : Japanese clues to a parent earthquake in North America / Brian F. Atwater [and five others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Atwater, Brian F., Author.
- Atwater, Brian F., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paleoseismology--Northwest, Pacific.
- Paleoseismology.
- Paleoseismology--Holocene.
- Subduction zones--Northwest, Pacific.
- Subduction zones.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (145 p.)
- Edition:
- Second edition
- Place of Publication:
- Reston, Virginia ; Seattle, [Washington] ; London [England] : States Geological Survey : University of Washington Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- From the traces of a devastating tsunami in Japan during the winter of 1700, scientists discover how it was recorded in Japanese history and then backtrack it to its origins via geological evidence in North America. Their work shows how tsunami research has evolved over three centuries and how this event impacts current warning systems.
- Contents:
- Cover
- The Orphan Tsunami of 1700
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition
- Introduction
- 1 Unearthed earthquakes
- Earthquake potential
- Tsunami potential
- Flood stories
- Alaskan analog
- Sunken shores
- Sand sheets
- In harm's way
- Currents and cracks
- Magnitude 9?
- 2 The orphan tsunami
- Literate hosts
- Wetted places
- Primary sources
- Kuwagasaki
- Account in Morioka-han "Zassho"
- Words for waves
- Converting time
- Samurai scribes
- High ground
- Tsunami size
- Tsugaruishi
- Account in Moriai-ke "Nikki kakitome chō"
- Human error
- Social status
- Foreign waves
- Ōtsuchi
- Report to Edo
- Collected writings
- Nakaminato
- Account in Ōuchi-ke "Go-yōdome"
- Certified loss
- Fair-weather waves
- Simulated waves
- Miho
- Account in "Miho-mura yöji oboe"
- Tidal waves
- Tanabe
- Account in "Tanabe-machi daichō"
- Tsunami size near a storehouse
- Tsunami size near Tanabe Bay
- Sawtooth cycles
- 3 The orphan's parent
- By elimination
- Tree-ring tests
- Magnitude 9
- Muddy forecast
- High-enough ground
- Seismic waves
- Acknowledgments
- Authors
- References
- Index
- Afterword, 2015.
- Notes:
- Captions and table of contents also in Japanese.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 5, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9780295998510
- 0295998512
- OCLC:
- 958559688
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.