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Tsunami generation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

R. D. Braddock,
P. Van Den Driessche and
G. W. Peady
R. D. Braddock
Affiliation:
Mathematics Department, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4067
P. Van Den Driessche
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Victoria, British Columbia
G. W. Peady
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Quantitative Methods, Mitchell College of Advanced Education, Bathurst 2795, New South Wales
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Abstract

The problems of tsunami generation are treated by standard integral-transform and modified stationary-phase methods to yield asymptotic approximations to the surface disturbances. The effects of asymmetry are considered in a one-dimensional ocean. Series representations are used to produce sets of normal-mode oscillations in a two-dimensional ocean, and the magnitudes of the wave front and wave train are discussed in relation to the asymmetry of the generating region.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 59 , Issue 4 , 7 August 1973, pp. 817 - 828
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© 1973 Cambridge University Press

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