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An 1888 Volcanic Collapse Becomes a Benchmark for Tsunami Models
An 1888 Volcanic Collapse Becomes a Benchmark for Tsunami Models
- Source :
- Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, Eos: Earth & Space Science News, 48 .
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- When volcanic mountains slide into the sea, they trigger tsunamis. How big are these waves, and how far away can they do damage? Ritter Island provides some answers.
- Subjects :
- geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Volcano
Benchmark (surveying)
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Collapse (topology)
010502 geochemistry & geophysics
01 natural sciences
Seismology
Geology
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, Eos: Earth & Space Science News, 48 .
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....93fcef2520eb5ddd3d4a4ccbc3c1cc94