The Physics of Tsunamis

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This web site provides a set of simple tutorials on the physics of tsunamis. Each tutorial is presented in clear, straightforward language, with multiple animations and simulations to depict how these destructive waves originate and propagate.

This item is part of a larger set of resources on tsunamis developed and maintained by the Earth and Space Sciences project at the University of Washington.

Please note that this resource requires Quicktime.

https://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/general/physics/physic...

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Oscillations & Waves - Wave Motion = Compound Waves	- High School	- Instructional Material = Tutorial - Reference Material = Nonfiction Reference - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2002 University of Washington Earth and Space Sciences Center
Keywords:: reference, tsunami, tutorial
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created March 10, 2009 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: August 19, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: January 13, 2008
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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