To: Pokey78
An under water landslide can release a large volume of methane gas trapped beneath a hydrate layer. The 'bubble' would surface and create a pretty good wave, with size of the wave depending on the size of the bubble that surfaced. The event might happen in a staggered pattern on the sea floor and result in an additive energy effect to create a massive wave. Once a wave generates, it moves unabated over the surface of the ocean unless it interacts with an object (like an island or another wave system or a current whorl).
17 posted on
11/09/2002 7:06:38 PM PST by
MHGinTN
To: MHGinTN
So what you're saying is:
The sea FARTED!
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