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| Title: | Pacific ocean floor affects tsunami propagation: part 1 |
| Type of Resource: | Imagem |
| Objective: | Show features of the Pacific ocean floor depth (or bathymetry) |
| Abstract: | This image shows features of the ocean floor depth (or bathymetry) from NOAA’s ETOPO-1 dataset. It shows the entire Western Pacific basin. Notice how abruptly the Japanese islands rise out of the ocean. Other coastal Asian areas have much more gradual slopes. This feature enhances the power of the tsunami waves. As these waves approaches the coast, the shallowing ocean floor pushes the water mass upwards. The quicker the ocean floor transitions from deep to shallow, the greater potential for a higher wave height |
| Curriculum Component: | Ensino Médio::Geografia Educação Superior::Ciências Exatas e da Terra::Oceanografia |
| Theme: | Educação Superior::Ciências Exatas e da Terra::Oceanografia::Oceanografia Física Educação Básica::Ensino Médio::Geografia::Questões ambientais, sociais e econômicas |
| Author: | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| Language: | Not Applicable (NA) |
| Country: | United States (us) |
| Publisher: | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
| Web Address: | http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail.php?MediaID=679&MediaTypeID=1 |
| Date: | 2011-03-11 |
| Rightsholder: | NOAA |
| License: | All animations and images accessed through this website are in the public domain and are freely available for reuse. Please credit NOAA, just those four letters, along with any other entities listed in the Copyright section for each resource |
| Submitter: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| URI: | http://objetoseducacionais2.mec.gov.br/handle/mec/20984 |
| This Educational Object appears in the following Types of resources: |
Ensino Médio: Geografia: Imagens
Educação Superior: Ciências Exatas e da Terra: Oceanografia: Imagens |