The influence of the Kuril Islands on the penetration of tsunamis into the Sea of Okhotsk (on the example of the Japan tsunami on March 11, 2011)
- Authors: Kostenko I.S.1,2, Kurkin A.A.1, Pelinovsky E.N.1,2,3, Yalciner A.4
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Affiliations:
- Alekseev Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University
- Special Research Bureau for Automation of Marine Research
- Institute of Applied Physics
- Middle East Technical University
- Issue: Vol 52, No 1 (2016)
- Pages: 89-100
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0001-4338/article/view/148415
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433816010060
- ID: 148415
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Abstract
The features of the propagation of the tsunami of March 11, 2011 in the northeastern Pacific have been studied with the aim of revealing the degree of influence of the Kuril Islands on the penetration of the tsunami in the Sea of Okhotsk. For this, a series of computational experiments have been performed within the shallow water theory using bathymetry (1) with and (2) without the Kuril Islands. The wave heights calculated have been analyzed, and the tsunami’s magnitude and intensity in the Sea of Okhotsk have been estimated. The computational experiments performed allow assessment of a decrease in the tsunami intensity while passing the Kuril Islands.
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About the authors
I. S. Kostenko
Alekseev Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University; Special Research Bureau for Automation of Marine Research
Author for correspondence.
Email: aakurkin@gmail.com
Russian Federation, ul. Minina 24, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950; ul. Gor’kogo 25, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693023
A. A. Kurkin
Alekseev Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University
Email: aakurkin@gmail.com
Russian Federation, ul. Minina 24, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950
E. N. Pelinovsky
Alekseev Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University; Special Research Bureau for Automation of Marine Research; Institute of Applied Physics
Email: aakurkin@gmail.com
Russian Federation, ul. Minina 24, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950; ul. Gor’kogo 25, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 693023; ul. Ul’yanova 46, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950
A. Yalciner
Middle East Technical University
Email: aakurkin@gmail.com
Turkey, Dumlupinar Bul. 1, Ankara, 06800