This paper presents new physical model experiments on tsunamis generated by landslides at the coast of a conical island. The experiments have been carried out in a large wave tank; the radius of the island coastline and the falling height of the landslide have been varied during the experimental campaign. The landslide is reproduced by a solid body shaped as a half of an ellipsoid. Tsunami runup is measured using special wave gauges; a detailed analysis of the runup along the coastline is presented, with special attention to the role of each wave in the packet and to the evolution of the envelope of the first group of waves. Copyright 2009 by the American Geophysical Union.

Landslide-generated tsunamis runup at the coast of a conical island: New physical model experiments / DI RISIO, Marcello; De Girolamo, P.; Bellotti, G.; Panizzo, A.; Aristodemo, F.; Molfetta, Matteo Gianluca; Petrillo, Antonio Felice. - In: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: OCEANS. - ISSN 0148-0227. - STAMPA. - 114:1(2009). [10.1029/2008JC004858]

Landslide-generated tsunamis runup at the coast of a conical island: New physical model experiments

MOLFETTA, Matteo Gianluca;PETRILLO, Antonio Felice
2009-01-01

Abstract

This paper presents new physical model experiments on tsunamis generated by landslides at the coast of a conical island. The experiments have been carried out in a large wave tank; the radius of the island coastline and the falling height of the landslide have been varied during the experimental campaign. The landslide is reproduced by a solid body shaped as a half of an ellipsoid. Tsunami runup is measured using special wave gauges; a detailed analysis of the runup along the coastline is presented, with special attention to the role of each wave in the packet and to the evolution of the envelope of the first group of waves. Copyright 2009 by the American Geophysical Union.
2009
Landslide-generated tsunamis runup at the coast of a conical island: New physical model experiments / DI RISIO, Marcello; De Girolamo, P.; Bellotti, G.; Panizzo, A.; Aristodemo, F.; Molfetta, Matteo Gianluca; Petrillo, Antonio Felice. - In: JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: OCEANS. - ISSN 0148-0227. - STAMPA. - 114:1(2009). [10.1029/2008JC004858]
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