A straight-crested earthquake wave passes along the bed of an ocean of uniform depth h so that the elevation of the bed
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A straight-crested earthquake wave passes along the bed of an ocean of uniform depth h so that the elevation of the bed
A straight-crested earthquake wave passes along the bed of an ocean of uniform depth h so that the elevation of the bed is given by a cos (k (x - Vt)), where a is considered small. Show that the amplitude of the resulting surface wave is a (1-) cosh kh where c = g/h - tanh kh.
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