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Briefly Describe How Tsunami Are Generated and Include a Description

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Briefly describe how tsunami are generated and include a description of characteristics such as wavelength and wave speed. Do tsunami behave as shallow-water waves? Why or why not and how does this influence their movement in shallow versus deeper water? What would the shoreline look like when the trough of tsunami arrives?


Definitions:

Reality Monitoring

The psychological process that distinguishes between internally generated and externally derived perceptions.

Retrograde Amnesia

A type of amnesia where an individual loses memories for events that occurred prior to the cause of the amnesia.

Source-monitoring Error

A source-monitoring error is a type of memory error where an individual is mistaken about the source or origin of a specific memory, often leading to false memories.

Reality-monitoring Error

A cognitive mistake wherein one has trouble distinguishing between actual experiences and imagined or fantasized events.

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