Tsunami Generation Animation
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/645fall2003_web.dir/elena_suleimani/generation_small.mov

Miho Aoki, University of Alaska-Fairbanks Art Department, University of Alaska-Fairbanks


This QuickTime animation by Professor Miho Aoki at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Art Department clearly illustrates how a tsunami can be generated by a subduction zone earthquake. The visualization file is large and may take some time to download.

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Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Physical , Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Geophysics and Structural Geology, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Ocean Environments: Deep Sea Floor/Abyssal:Trench
Topics: Solid Earth:Structural Geology:Geophysics and Structural Geology/Earthquakes/Seismic Reflection Profiling, Ocean:Physical Oceanography, Marine Geology and GeophysicsKeyword: natural hazard