Chris
***************************************** Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "harlan trammell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] LANL: Meteor Could Cause Big Tsunami
the whole skyrock-sea wave thing is the equivelent of shooting a .30-06 into puddle- wave height is determined by velocity, water depth, bottom structure, and impactor size. try this with your .30-06 (or other hi-power rifle) as an experiment. assuming you know how to handle a rifle, shoot the surface of a body of water that is 2 feet deep and note wave size. not what the wave does when it approaches and strikes a shallow sandy area and a steep banked area. then try it in water 2 inches deep and note wave size. the deeper the water is, the bigger the wave. the form of the wave is determined by the bottom structure. experiment with angles, bullet sizes and load velocities (may require hand loading). all will play a part in the funtion.
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