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Forecasting Tsunami Threats Through Layers Of Sand And Time
March 18, 2008 — Azhii peralai: from the deep ... large waves. This is the expression for 'tsunami' in Tamil, the oldest language in southern India. For an ancient dialect to have its own phrase for destructive waves ... > full story -
NOAA Launches Final Two Buoys To Complete U.S. Tsunami Warning System
March 11, 2008 — NOAA has just deployed the final two tsunami detection buoys in the South Pacific, completing the buoy network and bolstering the U.S. tsunami warning system. This vast network of 39 stations ... > full story -
Core Samples From Subsea Fault System Off Japan Will Help Explain How Earthquakes Are Generated
February 5, 2008 — Scientists aboard IODP scientific drilling vessel Chikyu collected 5,000 samples from the seismogenic zone known as the Nankai Trough. The samples will provide scientists with new sources of data and ... > full story -
Mapping Active Faults In The Gibraltar Arc To Better Predict Earthquake-Prone Regions
February 5, 2008 — Researchers have characterized the physical and mechanical properties of the Earth's crust in the Gibraltar Arc, an area of intense seismic activity. The African and Eurasian plates get about 4 mm ... > full story -
Earthquakes At Edges Of Tectonic Plates Can Trigger Second Earthquakes At Different Time And Place
January 30, 2008 — Earthquakes occurring at the edges of tectonic plates can trigger events at a distance and much later in time. These doublet earthquakes may hold an underestimated hazard, but may also shed light on ... > full story -
Making Accurate Predictions Of Tsunami Risks
January 28, 2008 — Researchers evaluated all known potential tsunami-generating sources in the Indian Ocean basin, and then calculated the impact of the waves they can generate. The geographical distribution of risk is ... > full story -
Innovative Method Improves Tsunami Warning Systems, Offers New Insights
January 23, 2008 — A wave of new NASA research on tsunamis has yielded an innovative method to improve existing tsunami warning systems, and a potentially groundbreaking new theory on the source of the December 2004 ... > full story -
Strong Variations In Tectonic Stresses Discovered In Earthquake Prone Area Near Japan
January 17, 2008 — Earth scientists have reported the discovery of a strong variation in the tectonic stresses in a region of the Pacific Ocean notorious for generating devastating earthquakes and tsunamis in ... > full story -
Sound Waves Can Trigger Earthquake Aftershocks
January 3, 2008 — Using a novel device that simulates earthquakes in a laboratory setting, scientists have shown that seismic waves -- the sounds radiated from earthquakes -- can induce earthquake aftershocks, often ... > full story -
Status Quo Of The Tsunami Early Warning System For The Indian Ocean
December 20, 2007 — The German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean runs on track. Main milestones like the development of the automatic data processing software SeisComP3, as well as the ... > full story
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