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Record #177919:
Tsunami disaster prompts upgrade to U.S. network / Anon.
Title: | Tsunami disaster prompts upgrade to U.S. network / Anon. |
Date: | 2005. |
In: | Geophysical Institute. Quarterly. (2005.), Vol. 19(4) (2005) |
Abstract: | Reports proposed improvements to U.S. tsunami warning system, by upgrading 20 seismometers used to monitor seismic events in tsunami-prone areas of Alaska, funding improved staffing at Pacific and Alaska tsunami centres in Hawaii and Palmer, Alaska, providing for 32 new tsunami buoys, and creating infrastructure for tsunami hazard mitigation. |
Notes: | Geophysical Institute. Quarterly. Vol. 19(4) :2-3 (2005). |
Keywords: | 550.3 -- Geophysics. 550.34 -- Seismology. 550.341 -- Earthquakes. 551.466.6 -- Waves, marine. 551.466.62 -- Tsunamis. A -- Geophysical sciences (general). (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*49) -- Alaska. (*495) -- US islands in North Pacific. |
SPRI record no.: | 177919 |
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