单选题 Which of the following, if true, would most seriously undermine the validity of the method of calculating initial tsunami height that is presented in the passage?

• (A) Bumps and grooves on the sea-floor play a greater role in the shoaling process than was initially thought.
• (B) Revised analyses of seismic data can in fact resolve energy distribution patterns shorter than the seismic waves themselves.
• (C) Aftershocks experienced in the area of tsunami generation are found to be influenced by a greater variety of factors than previously expected.
• (D) On further investigation, the sea-surface displacement is found to vary from that which occurs at the ocean bottom.
• (E) Much of the way a tsunami behaves is found to be dictated by the size of the protruding land mass it collides with.