Antarctic Mega Tsunami

Antarctic MegaTsunami .

Andre Willers

1 Jun 2014

Synopsis :

Ice Falling  over Antarctic mountain divide causes major ice dumping , leading to MegaTsunami’s .

 

Discussion .

The pictures speak for themselves .

1.Antarctica half de-iced .

Note the  elevation difference between the top and bottom .

Ice falls from the top half (caused a slippery layer of water at the bottom courtesy of global warming) , pushing the ice in the bottom half into the sea .

This happens abruptly , causing MegaTsunami’s towards Australia .

This is not your ice-cube melting in your glass , but the splashing as you drop it into the glass .

Do you see the difference ?

The melting is gradual sea-level rise, The dumping are splashes : MegaTsunamis.

 

2.But all other regions will be affected .

How large ?

 Well , the ice cover in the upper part is about 3 Km thick . A sudden surge of 1/3 of 1/3 ~9% will cause MegaTsunami’s in Australia of about 270 meters (800 feet) .

Elsewhere less , but nothing less than 9 m (30 ft) anywhere on the planet .

Antarctica Half de-iced . See the plateau rim .

Ice Surge fall in Antarctic .

Relative positions  of continents and resultant tsunamis .

 

2. How soon ?

Nobody knows .

It seems that nobody has taken the mountain ridge and ice-falls into consideration .

The computer models didn’t allow for it . No budget , either .

 

3.Has it happened before ?

Yes .

But difficult to disentangle .

See http://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonous/2008/03/return-of-the-megatsunami/

    

4.Warning time :

Antarctica to Australia ~ 7000 km .Tsunami speed about 790 km/hr .

So , about 7 hours warning .

 

5. Well , 7 hours beats 4 minutes .

See  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-minute_warning for a serious nuclear attack .

 

6. Aren’t you grateful to modern society and technology ?

While standing in the Dole queue , you have between 4 minutes or 7 hours of being fried or drowned .

 

Andre

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