Open AccessOffshore Islands Might Not Shield Coastlines from Tsunami Waves
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo088781
Subject(s) - submarine pipeline , geology , shield , oceanography , seismology , paleontology
Rather than offering protection, islands sometimes cause increased wave run-up on shorelines, experiments in a wave laboratory suggest.
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