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tsunami generation (en)  

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  • Information Tsunamis are most frequently caused by earthquakes, but can also result from landslides, volcanic eruptions, and very infrequently by meteorites or other impacts upon the ocean surface. Tsunamis are generated primarily by tectonic dislocations under the sea which are caused by shallow focus earthquakes along areas of subduction. The upthrusted and downthrusted crustal blocks impart potential energy into the overlying water mass with drastic changes in the sea level over the affected region. The energy imparted into the water mass results in tsunami generation, i.e. energy radiating away from the source region in the form of long period waves.

    Created: 2/5/25

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    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2024-06-17T17:09:42Z

    Notation: 4aa648ac

    توليد تسونامي

    Arabic

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    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2024-03-07T17:09:42Z

    Notation: 4aa648ac

    海啸发生

    Chinese

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    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

    Notation: 4aa648ac

    tsunami generation

    English

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    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2023-04-12T16:30:06

    Notation: 4aa648ac

    génération de tsunami

    French

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    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2024-06-28T11:11:42Z

    Notation: 4aa648ac

    возникновение цунами

    Russian

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    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2024-06-28T11:11:42Z

    Notation: b473f4a2

    зарождение цунами
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    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2024-07-03T11:24:42Z

    Notation: 4aa648ac

    Formación de tsunamis

    Spanish

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    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2024-05-21T20:42:30

    Notation: 4aa648ac

    kufanyiza tsunami

    Swahili

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    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2021-06-14T14:41:54

    Notation: 4aa648ac

    tsunami oluşumu

    Turkish

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    void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

    Created: 2021-06-14T14:41:38

    Notation: 36ac2006

    tsunami üretimi

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