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SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:EESS Seminar Series=3A Brian McAdoo=2C Blaustein Visiting Professor=2C SES
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:From Technical to Tents- Offshore Geohazards and Tsunami Risk Assessment=0D=0A=0D=0ABrian G=2E McAdoo=0D=0ABlaustein Visiting Professor=2C SES=0D=0ADepartment of Earth Sciences and Geography =0D=0AVassar College=0D=0A=0D=0AOffshore geohazards is usually a pseudonym for submarine landslides=2E These mass movements that occur on continental slopes worldwide are indeed a hazard=2C but in themselves do not constitute a threat to human populations=2E Oil infrastructure is at risk- pipelines break=2C rigs become unmoored- as well as transoceanic cable systems=2E However the most significant hazard that can result from a submarine landslide is a tsunami=2E Understanding the occurrence of offshore landslides =28in time and space=29 not only informs us of potential hazards that lurk offshore=2C but can yield critical insight into the process most often associated with their formation- earthquakes=2E Earthquakes undoubtedly produce the world=3Fs most deadly tsunami=2C and our efforts help define the areas that need attention=2E =0D=0A=0D=0AIn this talk=2C I outline what we know and don=27t about submarine landslides and tsunami=2C and I finish with how tsunamis affect communities on land=2E There are dramatic examples of tsunami triggered by these landslides=2C including the 1929 Grand Banks event =28Canada=3Fs worst earthquake-related disaster=29 and the controversial 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami=2E Landslides also inform us about earthquake tsunami by highlighting areas of interest=2E Rapid-response post-tsunami surveys in areas including Sri Lanka=2C Indonesia and the Solomon Islands demonstrate the need for an interdisciplinary approach to risk assessment and hazard mitigation=2E Inputs from scientists =28geologists=2C ecologists=2C social=29 and engineers are critical in the early stages of a region=3Fs post-tsunami recovery=2C and there is a clear need for an integrated approach to post-disaster reconstruction before policy changes are instituted=2E
LOCATION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Yang =26 Yamazaki Environment =26 Energy Building=2C 473 Via Ortega=2C Rm 111=0D=0A
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