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Author : Greenberg, D.A.; Murty, T.S.; and Fuffman, A.
Date : 1993
Title : Modeling the tsunami from the 1917 Halifax Harbour explosion.
Publication : Science of Tsunami Hazards
Issue : 11(2):
Page(s) : 67-80.
Abstract
With no functioning tide gauge and little quantitative record, it has in the past been difficult to put together a good picture of the tsunami that followed the explosion of the munition ship Mont Blanc in Halifax Harbour. We have used a finite element model initialized with a setup derived using the theory of explosions in water and the known quantity of explosive. The model results when put together with anecdotal reports give a consistent overview of the tsunami amplitude and progression. Our study indicated that in the Narrows at the explosion site, the wave was over 10m high, but that the amplitude diminished greatly further away. In the Bedford Basin the tsunami would not have been damaging and in the outer reaches of the harbour, it would have been noticeable only to those looking for it.
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