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tsunami: a standalone construct

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tsunami1 CONSTRUCTTsunamiSYNOLAKIS · PHYSICAL

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Physical oceanography

a series of long-period ocean waves generated by sudden seafloor displacement, landslides or similar disturbances that amplify on reaching shore.

In physical oceanography, tsunami refers to a series of long-period ocean waves generated by sudden seafloor displacement, landslides or similar disturbances that amplify on reaching shore. This meaning comes from Synolakis (2006) in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences.[1]

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References

  1. Synolakis, C. E., & Bernard, E. N. (2006). Tsunami science before and beyond Boxing Day 2004. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 364(1845), 2231-2265. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2006.1824

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