they scale quite well indeed- as any naval architect and look at the amount of wave pools , etc. used in the scientific community. in the recent event a most unusual thing occured and that was that in several locations, the wave jacked up, barrelled, and peeled just like any other wave. only that is was much bigger and had much more mass behind it to push it on inland. very seldom do seismic sea waves "break" in such a manner. they usually act more like a flash flood without every breaking at all. this breaking was do to bottom structure. in all of the areas where breaking occured, there was deep water very close to the shoreline.
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>From: "Chris Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] LANL: Meteor Could Cause Big Tsunami >Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:54:51 -0700 > >I'm not convinced of the equivalence. Hydrodynamic events don't >scale well, which is why most researchers seem to be approaching >this problem using computer simulations. But the problem is very >hard, which is presumably why there is such a range of wave heights >given. > >Chris > >***************************************** >Chris L Peterson >Cloudbait Observatory >http://www.cloudbait.com > > >-----
Original Message ----- From: "harlan trammell" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >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. > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
