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11 - Earthquakes, tsunamis, and the related vulnerability in South America and the Caribbean – an overview

from Part III - Case studies: Latin America and the Caribbean region

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2014

By
Omar J. Pérez ,
Carlos Rodríguez  and
José L. Alonso
Edited by
Alik Ismail-Zadeh ,
Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi ,
Andrzej Kijko ,
Kuniyoshi Takeuchi  and
Ilya Zaliapin
Alik Ismail-Zadeh
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Andrzej Kijko
Affiliation:
University of Pretoria
Kuniyoshi Takeuchi
Affiliation:
International Center for Water Hazard and Risk Management, Japan
Ilya Zaliapin
Affiliation:
University of Nevada, Reno

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