Evolution of earthquake-induced tsunami in a bay traversed by a strike-slip fault. (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Evolution of earthquake-induced tsunami in a bay traversed by a strike-slip fault.

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Evolution of earthquake-induced tsunami in a bay traversed by a strike-slip fault. Colors indicate sea-surface height relative to undisturbed water level; wave height may exceed 2 m in some places. Top: Instantaneous tsunami generation phase coincident with earthquake propagation; Middle: postseismic tsunami generation phase, in which gravity-driven tsunami waves dominate; Bottom: backward propagation of large wave fronts reflected from bay tip.

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Ares J. Rosakis

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