Henderson, Bonnie, frey50

The next tsunami : living on a restless coast / Print Bonnie Henderson. - 322 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Paperback book

Prologue: litany -- The first tsunami -- Barnacles never lie -- Silver dollar -- A flexible worldview -- Mad rise -- Live land -- Pay dirt -- Our turbulent Earth -- Wave of the future -- Epidote dreams -- The core locker -- A prepared mind -- A fresh sandbox -- Last glance -- Mad River Slough -- Stumped -- Ataspaca prospect -- Thirty minutes -- Home -- Freak accidents -- Wanted -- Reunion -- Drawing the line -- Wanted II -- Test-ch'as -- Wisdom of the elders -- Thirteen -- Star of the sea -- Penrose - Sumatra -- Higher ground -- Aftershock -- S-XXL -- 3/11 -- Strategic investment -- Perpetuity.

The gripping story of the geological discoveries, and the scientists who uncovered them, that signal the imminence of a catastrophic tsunami on the Northwest Coast.

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Tsunamis--Pacific Coast (America)
Tsunami hazard zones--Pacific Coast (America)


America--Pacific Coast.

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