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Last fall's massive Icy Bay landslide launched a megatsunami
Alaska Dispatch News ^ | 4/9/2016 | Chris Larsen

Posted on 04/11/2016 7:51:04 AM PDT by JimSEA

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To: dangus

There’s quite a bit of difference between a landslide caused tsunami and a plate subduction tsunami. The first is material pushing the water out from a shoreline. The second involves the movement of the edge of two plates moving up or down from the bottom of a trench. A lot more energy is generated in the massive movement of the second.


21 posted on 04/11/2016 9:40:10 AM PDT by JimSEA
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Cumbre Vieja, Canary Islands
Glad I moved from Miami. :)


22 posted on 04/11/2016 10:11:56 AM PDT by Vinnie
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