Brief Communication: Understanding disasters and early-warning systems

This paper discusses some methodological questions on understanding disasters. Destructive earthquakes continue to claim thousands of lives. Tsunamis may be caused by recoil of the upper plate. Darwin's twin-epicenter hypothesis is applied to a theory of tsunamis. The ergodicity hypothesis may...

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Main Authors: H. Castaños, C. Lomnitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2014-12-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/14/3311/2014/nhess-14-3311-2014.pdf