AGU Highlights and Press Releases: Tsunami
This collection of tsunami-related AGU Press Releases and Highlights from 1996 to 10 April, 2006 can be used to facilitate the use of news in science teaching.
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Corrections of the Indian gauge data used for early assessments of the great 26 December 2004 earthquake (more info) Slip velocity is re-evaluated over the region of the December 26, 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake...
Tsunami warnings using ocean circulation models (more info) Numerical models shed light on tsunami source and formation mechanisms...
Illegal Destruction of Coral Reefs Worsened Impact of Tsunami (more info) Illegal coral mining in Sri Lanka allowed far more onshore destruction from the 2004 tsunami than in areas whose coral reefs were intact.
Listening to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami quake (more info) Sound wave recordings track the movement of the rupture that caused the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami...
A tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean (more info) Height and speed of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami are reconstructed with tidal gauge data. A warning system could have reduced destruction...
Volcanic motion could initiate tsunami waves (more info) Rapid and repeated motion along a volcanic caldera can cause the sides of an island volcano to fail and lead to a landslide that could spawn a tsunami...
Tsunami "shadows" may allow remote detection of tidal waves (more info) This study investigates the cause and implications of tsunami shadows...
How volcanic eruptions cause tsunamis (more info) This study investigates the effect of pyroclastic flows on tsunami generation...
Research describes origin of devastating tsunami (more info) A computer simulation was developed to model a larger than expected tsunami generated by an 1896 earthquake off the coast of Sanriku, Japan.
