Can undersea voltage measurements detect tsunamis?

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 353-358

  Manoj, C ^a,b,e   Kuvshinov, A ^c,f   Neetu, S ^d   Harinarayana, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^e NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^f PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Electric field; Indian Ocean; Motional induction; Submarine cables; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUBMARINE CABLE; TSUNAMI; WAVE GENERATION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77950788199     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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