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.

This resource is referenced here:

• MARGINS Data in the Classroom:MARGINS Mini-Lessons: What Can (and Cannot) Be Learned from Scientific Drilling Using Examples from Margins Initiatives
• Cutting Edge:Hazards:Visualization Collections: Tsunami Visualizations

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