Thursday, September 16, 2010

Volcanic explosion causes Tsunami

rss Acehtsunami Aug 30, 2010 I Uncategorized.

Although relatively uncommon, violent volcanic eruptions represent also impulsive disturbances, which can displace a great volume of water and generate extremely destructive tsunami waves in the immediate source area. Volcanic disturbances can produce waves by the sudden displacement of water caused by a volcanic explosion, by a volcano’s slope failure, or more likely by a phreatomagmatic explosion and collapse and/or engulfment of the volcanic magmatic chambers.

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