MOMENTUM AS A USEFUL TSUNAMI DESCRIPTOR
In looking at the videos of the Indonesian tsunami coming ashore at various locations, I thought, “That’s a lot of water with a lot of momentum, and that’s what does the damage.”Perhaps the momentum of a tsunami might be a physical quantity to focus on. Only external forces on the designated body of...
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Language: | English |
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Tsunami Society International
2006-01-01
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Series: | Science of Tsunami Hazards |
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Online Access: | http://tsunamisociety.org/245loomis2.pdf |