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See wave tests at the Hinsdale Wave Lab

Simulated waves can provide insight into the destructive forces of tsunamis.

Post author By Nick Houtman
Post date February 9, 2011

In this video from the National Science Foundation, simulated tsunami waves slam a model of an Oregon Coast community at the Hinsdale Wave Research Lab at Oregon State University.

Tags Hinsdale Wave Lab, Marine Science and the Coast, National Science Foundation, Tsunami

By Nick Houtman

Nick Houtman is director of research communications at OSU and edits Terra, a world of research and creativity at Oregon State University. He has experience in weekly and daily print journalism and university science writing. A native Californian, he lived in Wisconsin and Maine before arriving in Corvallis in 2005.

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