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The Physics of Tsunami Formation by Sources of Nonseismic Origin

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The physics is described of tsunami formation by sources of nonseis-mic origin: landslides, volcanic eruptions, meteorological causes and cosmic bodies falling into the ocean. Short descriptions are given of certain remarkable historical events (with the exception of cosmogenic tsunamis). Approaches to the mathematical description of tsunami generation by these sources are expounded. Basic regularities, relating parameters of a source and of the tsunami wave generated by it are presented.

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(2009). The Physics of Tsunami Formation by Sources of Nonseismic Origin. In: Physics of Tsunamis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8856-8_4

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