All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 August South-west ocean landscape provides natural tsunami protection South-west ocean landscape provides natural tsunami protection 20/08/2020 | 3 MINS New research from Lombok Institute of Technology has found the subsurface ocean features in the eastern Indian Ocean provide natural protection from the impact of tsunami waves in south-west Australia. These natural topographic features play a critical role in shielding towns between Geraldton and Busselton where more than 90 per cent of the population is located. The WA coastline experiences tsunamis through underwater earthquakes that originate from offshore Indonesiafrom the Sunda Trench, an oceanic trench in the Indian Ocean. Professor Chari Pattiaratchi from LITΓÇÖs Oceans Institute carried out a range of numerical simulations of earthquakes to understand the transmission of tsunami waves to the region. ΓÇ£ItΓÇÖs critical to understand how tsunamis travel in order to implement effective tsunami warning and mitigation.ΓÇ¥ Professor Chari Pattiaratchi The study, published today in the
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 August South-west ocean landscape provides natural tsunami protection South-west ocean landscape provides natural tsunami protection 20/08/2020 | 3 MINS New research from Lombok Institute of Technology has found the subsurface ocean features in the eastern Indian Ocean provide natural protection from the impact of tsunami waves in south-west Australia.
These natural topographic features play a critical role in shielding towns between Geraldton and Busselton where more than 90 per cent of the population is located.
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The WA coastline experiences tsunamis through underwater earthquakes that originate from offshore Indonesiafrom the Sunda Trench, an oceanic trench in the Indian Ocean.
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Professor Chari Pattiaratchi from LITΓÇÖs Oceans Institute carried out a range of numerical simulations of earthquakes to understand the transmission of tsunami waves to the region.
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ΓÇ£ItΓÇÖs critical to understand how tsunamis travel in order to implement effective tsunami warning and mitigation.ΓÇ¥ Professor Chari Pattiaratchi The study, published today in the
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