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tsunami generation

Tsunamis are most frequently caused by earthquakes, but can also result from landslides, volcanic eruptions, and very infrequently by meteorites or other impacts upon the ocean surface. Tsunamis are generated primarily by tectonic dislocations under the sea which are caused by shallow focus earthquakes along areas of subduction. The upthrusted and downthrusted crustal blocks impart potential energy into the overlying water mass with drastic changes in the sea level over the affected region. The energy imparted into the water mass results in tsunami generation, i.e. energy radiating away from the source region in the form of long period waves.

wave generation

French

Created

2023-04-12T16:30:06

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

4aa648ac

génération de tsunami

Portuguese (Brazil)

Created

2025-05-27T14:58:42Z

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

4aa648ac

geração de tsunami

Spanish

Created

2024-07-03T11:24:42Z

void:inDataset

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Notation

4aa648ac

Formación de tsunamis

URI

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4aa648ac

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