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'Merging Tsunami' Amplified the Carnage in Japan

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  • 'Merging Tsunami' Amplified the Carnage in Japan

    The massive tsunami generated by the March 2011 earthquake off the coast of northeastern Japan was a "merging tsunami" ? a type of tsunami long thought to exist, but seen now for the first time, scientists report.

    The researchers think ridges and undersea mountain chains on the ocean floor deflected parts of the initial tsunami wave away from each other to form independent jets shooting off in different directions, each with its own wave front.

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    The salvage of human life ought to be placed above barter and exchange ~ Louis Harris, 1918
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