Analytical Solutions for Tsunami Waves Generated by Submarine Landslides in Narrow Bays and Channels

作者：Didenkulova Ira^*; Pelinovsky Efim

来源：Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2013, 170(9-10): 1661-1671.

DOI：10.1007/s00024-012-0510-8

• Tsunami
• landslides
• bays and channels
• shallow water theory

Analytical theory of tsunami wave generation by submarine landslides is extended to the case of narrow bays and channels of different geometry, in the shallow-water theory framework. New analytical solutions are obtained. For a number of bottom configurations, the wave field can be found explicitly in the form of the Duhamel integral. It is described by three waves: one forced wave propagating together with the landslide and two free waves propagating in opposite directions. The cases for bays with triangular (V-shaped bay), parabolic (U-shaped bay), and rectangular cross-sections are discussed in detail. The dynamics of the offshore-propagating wave in linearly inclined bays of different cross-section are also studied asymptotically for the resonant moving landslide. Different cases of landslides of increasing and decreasing volume are considered. It is shown that even if the landslide is moving under fully resonant conditions, the amplitude of the propagating tsunami wave may still be bounded, depending on the type of the landslide.

• 出版日期2013-9