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Observations by the International Tsunami Survey Team in Sri Lanka
Philip L.-F. Liu,Patrick J. Lynett,Harindra J. S. Fernando,Bruce E. Jaffe,Hermann M. Fritz,Bretwood Higman,Robert A. Morton,James Goff,Costas E. Synolakis +8 more
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The conclusion stresses the importance of education: Residents with a basic knowledge of tsunamis, as well as an understanding of how environmental modifications will affect overland flow, are paramount to saving lives and minimizing tsunami destruction.Abstract:
In response to the 26 December 2004 tsunami, a survey team of scientists was dispatched to Sri Lanka. Measurements made by the team show that the tsunami elevation and runup ranged from 5 to 12 meters. Eyewitnesses report that up to three separate waves attacked the coast, with the second or third generally the largest. Our conclusion stresses the importance of education: Residents with a basic knowledge of tsunamis, as well as an understanding of how environmental modifications will affect overland flow, are paramount to saving lives and minimizing tsunami destruction.read more
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Runup of solitary waves on a circular Island
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of large-scale laboratory experiments with waves of different incident height-to-depth ratios and different crest lengths is described, and detailed two-dimensional run-up height measurements and time histories of surface elevations around the island are presented.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a model for the leading wave of tsunamis is proposed to explain why although the coastal manifestation of a tsunami is assumed solitary-wave-like it is most often accompanied by a shoreline which recedes first before advancing up the beach, suggesting a leading-depression N-wave.