GEOL 106 Lecture 5: 2017-02-07 GEOL 106

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering
• Course: GEOL 106
• Professor: John Hanes

Document Summary

When tsunami waves reaches shore, the wave slows and the water piles up to heights as much as 60+ metres (18 story building) Because of shallow water depth leads to a-only small amount of water is displaced and b-speed of tsunami wave is low causes of tsunami: 3-collapse of the flank of a volcano into the sea. Loading of earth by water changes the stress below on the faults (earthquakes can happen) Water i(cid:374)filt(cid:396)atio(cid:374) (cid:271)elow da(cid:373) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:862)lu(cid:271)(cid:396)i(cid:272)ate(cid:863) faults (earthquakes can happen and possible dam failure) b-pumping water underground/fracking. The (cid:396)o(cid:272)ks will (cid:862)s(cid:395)ueeze(cid:863) i(cid:374)to the (cid:374)ewly ope(cid:374)ed spa(cid:272)e.