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Image: Interference of water waves with bottom topography, relevant for microseism generation

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Description: This is an animation of the moving sea surface of 12 s waves in 100 m water depth propagating over a fixed bottom with a depth equal to 100 m plus some oscillation of amplitude 20 m.
Author: Ardhuin
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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