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Simkin and Siebert, 1994, Volcanoes of the World: Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program, Geoscience Press, Inc., Arizona, Published in association with the Smithsonian Institution, 349p.
Kious and Tilling, 1996, This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics:USGS General Interest Publication
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Tsunami, or giant sea wave, generated by the historic 1883 eruption of Krakatau, Indonesia. The largest wave, which reached heights of 40 meters (140 feet) above sealevel and killed over 34,000 people, stranded this ship 2 1/2 kilometers (1 1/2 miles) inland.The 1883 eruption of Krakatau Volcano, located in the Sunda Straits between the island of Sumatra and Java, Indonesia, provides an excellent example of an eruption caused tsunami. A series of tsunamis washed away 165 coastal villagers on Java and Sumatram killing 36,000 people. The larger tsunamis were recorded by tide gauges as far away as the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula-more than 7,000 kilometers from Krakatau.
Tsunamis are seismic sea waves caused by earthquake, submarine landslides, and infrequently, by eruptions of island volcanoes........
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