Surface Wave Processes on the Continental Shelf and Beach

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas H. Herbers
Keyword(s):  
Surface Wave ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Wave Processes

Surface Wave Processes on the Continental Shelf and Beach

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas H. Herbers ◽  
Tim T. Janssen ◽  
Robert R. Guza ◽  
W. C. O'Reilly
Keyword(s):  
Surface Wave ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Wave Processes

Shock-capturing non-hydrostatic model for fully dispersive surface wave processes

2012 ◽  
Vol 43-44 ◽  
pp. 22-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gangfeng Ma ◽  
Fengyan Shi ◽  
James T. Kirby
Keyword(s):  
Surface Wave ◽  
Shock Capturing ◽  
Wave Processes ◽  
Hydrostatic Model

Large Explosions at Sea

1971 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-247
Author(s):  
Goetz G. R. Buchbinder
Keyword(s):  
Surface Wave ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Surface Waves ◽  
Small Amplitude ◽  
Body Wave ◽  
Surface Wave Magnitude ◽  
Underwater Explosions ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Short Period ◽  
The Difference

Two large unannounced events occurred at sea in aseismic areas in the Atlantic. Comparison of these with the announced event Chase III shows them to be explosions.Large explosions at sea may be recognized by the relatively small amplitude of long period surface waves with periods up to 10 s. Energy of longer periods is absent for events mb ≤ 5.5. The surface wave magnitudes for the events are at least 1.5 smaller at 10 s than those of underground explosions of equal mb, at 20 s they are at least 0.9 smaller. At longer periods the difference between body wave and surface wave magnitude is larger than 0.9 but larger explosions are needed to determine the separation. Underwater explosions on or near the continental shelf are very efficient in the generation of higher mode short period waves.

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