Brief Communication: Understanding disasters and early-warning systems
Por:
Castanõs H., Lomnitz C.
Publicada:
1 ene 2014
Categoría:
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
Resumen:
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 help to estimate the return periods of extremely rare events. A social science outline on the causation of the Tôhoku nuclear disaster is provided. © 2014 Author(s).
Filiaciones:
Castanõs H.:
Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, DF 04510, Mexico
Lomnitz C.:
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, DF 04510, Mexico
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