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Lecture: Tsunami!

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Eric Geist, Guy Gelfenbaum, and Bruce Jaffe of CMG joined EHZ's David Oppenheimer to present "Tsunami! Observations, Simulations, and the Hazards to Coastal Communities" on the Menlo campus on December 10. Topics included:

  • Interpretations and models of the disastrous July, 1998, tsunami in Papua New Guinea
  • Evidence of great ancient tsunamis in the Pacific Northwest
  • Lessons learned from past tsunamis
  • How tsunami warning systems work
  • Tsunami risk along the U.S. Pacific coast.


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in this issue: Fieldwork Gas Hydrate Shear Strength

Deep-Water Moorings Recovered

Coastal SWATH Tests

Cape Cod Seafloor Imagery

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New Program-Wide Newsletter

Lecture: Tsunami!

Lecture: Navassa Island

Seminar: South Florida Ecosystem Restoration

Meetings NAS/NRC Review

Coastline Lidar Display at AGU

Long Island Sound

INATURES Lessons Learned

Staff & Center News Director Visits Menlo Park

Eastern Region Council Visits Woods Hole

Publications Note From the Editor

January Publications List


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