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Traces of a tsunamigenic earthquake in a rotating stratified ocean

M.A. Nosov, G.N. Nurislamova

Moscow University Physics Bulletin 2013. 68. N 6. P. 490

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In the framework of the linear long-wave theory, we derive a system of equations that describe the potential and vortex residual hydrodynamic fields that arise in a rotating stratified (two-layer) ocean during tsunami generation by coseismic deformations of the ocean bottom. For the model case of a cylindrically symmetric ocean bottom deformation, we find an approximate analytical solution of the problem. Based on this solution, we analyze the specific features of residual fields due to the presence of stratification for conditions that are typical of real tsunami sources.

Received: 2013 July 2
Approved: 2014 February 12
PACS:
91.30.Nw Tsunamis
92.10.Iv Ocean influence of Earth's rotation
Authors
M.A. Nosov, G.N. Nurislamova
Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
Issue 6, 2013

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