Sentences with phrase «generated massive waves»

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That's because at seismometers closer to a massive quake's epicenter, the slowly moving vibrations of typical seismic waves often arrive at instruments before Earth's tectonic slabs have stopped shifting, thus masking the signals generated by the temblor's final spasms.

Gravitational waves detectable from Earth are generated by collisions of massive objects, such as when two black holes or neutron stars merge.

Concurrently, coastlines of the Bahamas and Bermuda were impacted by massive storms generated in the North Atlantic Ocean, resulting in a unique trilogy of wave - transported deposits: megaboulders, chevron - shaped, storm - beach ridges, and runup deposits on high dune ridges.

Norm Sleep of Stanford University and colleagues suggest that the impact, which occurred near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico, could have generated massive seismic waves that triggered earthquakes as far away as Colorado, in the center of a tectonic plate where no previous fault had existed.

«Waves detected the signature emissions of the energetic particles that generate the massive auroras which encircle Jupiter's north pole.

A tsunami is a series of waves generated when water in a lake or the sea is rapidly displaced on a massive scale.

The shock of a massive quake generates seismic waves.

The bubble is a nebula with a clutch of massive, hot stars at its center that is sending waves of matter smashing into the surrounding interstellar material, generating a glowing structure, which looks like a ring from our perspective.

Led by Carnegie's Ho - kwang «Dave» Mao, the research team believes that as much as 300 million tons of water could be carried down into Earth's interior every year and generate deep, massive reservoirs of iron dioxide, which could be the source of the ultralow velocity zones that slow down seismic waves at the core - mantle boundary.

Led by Geophysical Laboratory's Ho - kwang «Dave» Mao, the research team believes that as much as 300 million tons of water could be carried down into Earth's interior every year and generate deep, massive reservoirs of iron dioxide, which could be the source of the ultralow velocity zones that slow down seismic waves at the core - mantle boundary.

Will we see these massive storm generated waves soon?

Wind is hugely important to surfers, not only does it generate the waves we eventually ride but they will also have a massive effect on how the waves break on the shore, the quality of the waves we ride and ultimately how often we surf.

Estimates from the World Energy Council indicate that worldwide, wave energy has the potential to grow to a massive 10,000 gigawatts, more than double the world's electricity - generating capacity from all sources today.