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Tsunamis

Known as: Tsunami 
Series of ocean waves produced by geologic events or underwater LANDSLIDES. These waves can travel at speeds averaging 450 (and up to 600) miles per… 
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Disaster Relief PlanningInjury due to tsunami

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2014
2014
Typhoon Haiyan and the professionalization of disaster response.
When international medical response teams landed in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan, they had to act as professional… 
2009
2009
Influence of interaction between small asperities on various types of slow earthquakes in a 3-D simulation for a subduction plate boundary
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Discrimination of Tsunami Sources (Earthquake versus Landslide) on the Basis of Historical Data in Eastern Sicily and Southern Calabria
Abstract The source mechanisms responsible for large historical tsunamis that have struck eastern Sicily and southern Calabria… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
FINITE VOLUME METHODS AND ADAPTIVE REFINEMENT FOR GLOBAL TSUNAMI PROPAGATION AND LOCAL INUNDATION.
Theshallowwaterequationsareacommonlyacceptedapproximationgoverningtsunami propagation. Numerically capturing certain features of… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Power-law Scaling and Probabilistic Forecasting of Tsunami Runup Heights
A power-law scaling relationship describes tsunami runup heights at ten locations in Japan. Knowledge of the scaling law for… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Hydraulic behavior of tsunami backflows: insights from their modern and ancient deposits
Tsunamis are unpredictable, catastrophic events, and so present enormous difficulties for direct studies in the field or… 
2002
2002
On the conservation of fast calcium wave speeds.
2001
2001
Transgenic crops and the environment: missing markets and public roles
The rapidity of change has left scant opportunity for investigation of the consequences of adoption of transgenic crops on long… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Origin of the Penalver Formation in northwestern Cuba and its relation to K/T boundary impact event
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
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