Workshop Agenda
The agenda below provides a flexible framework for identifying opportunities and challenges in tsunami geology, and for guiding the National Science Foundation on related research priorities.
*note: 'break-out' means dividing into smaller discussion groups)
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SUNDAY 12 JUNE - INTRODUCTIONS, MOTIVATIONS |
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Noon - 2:30 |
Posters and peels, informal gathering |
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2:30 - 2:40 |
Welcome |
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2:40 - 3:10 |
Introductions |
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3:15 - 4:45 |
THE SUMATRA TSUNAMI |
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How it informs geophysics |
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The challenge of collecting, archiving and synthesizing data |
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The Sumatra tsunami -- a hometown view |
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4:45 - 5:00 |
Change to first break-out groups |
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5:00 - 6:00 |
BREAK-OUT 1 -- motivations and objectives |
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6:00 - 8:00 |
Posters and peels, informal session continued |
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MONDAY 13 JUNE |
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8:45 - 9:00 |
Announcements, agenda review |
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9:00 - 10:00 |
USES OF TSUNAMI GEOLOGY |
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Tsunami education |
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Tsunami sources & hazard mapping |
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Tsunami modeling |
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Hazard assessment |
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10:00 - 11:00 |
Motivations, objectives -- Reports from Monday break-out groups |
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11:00 - 11:15 |
Break |
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11:15 - 12:15 |
Panel-led discussion |
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What are the uses of tsunami geology? |
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12:15 - 1:30 |
Lunch - on your own |
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1:30 - 4:00 |
TSUNAMI BASICS |
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Tsunami sources & propagation |
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Tsunami runup modeling |
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Laboratory studies of tsunami erosion and sedimentation |
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Remote sensing -- before, during and after |
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Sediment transport and tsunamis |
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4:00 - 6:00 |
BREAK-OUT 2 |
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How can these studies contribute to tsunami geology |
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(What would the geo- community like to know?) |
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What are research priorities? Potential collaborations? |
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6:00 - 7:00 |
Posters and informal discussion |
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TUESDAY 14 JUNE |
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8:45 - 9:00 |
Announcements, agenda |
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9:00 - 10:00 |
Reports from Monday's break-out groups |
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10:00 - 10:45 |
TSUNAMI GEOLOGY |
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Subaerial tsunami deposits |
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Subaqueous tsunami deposits |
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Potential lookalikes--storms |
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Tsunami-generated landforms |
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10:45 - 11:00 |
break |
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11:00 - 11:45 |
Panel-led discussion |
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11:45 - 12:45 |
BREAK-OUT 3 -- identify and evaluate research challenges |
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12:45 - 2:00 |
[lunch on your own] |
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2:00 - 3:00 |
TSUNAMI GEOLOGY & Beyond |
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Earthquake sources |
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Other tsunami sources (landslides, volcanoes, impacts) |
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Earthquake and tsunami recurrence |
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Tsunami and tsunami-deposit statistics -- historical and pre-historic |
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Tsunami depth and velocity |
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3:00 - 3:15 |
break |
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3:15 - 3:45 |
Panel-led discussion |
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3:45 - 5:45 |
BREAK-OUT 4 -- identify and evaluate research challenges |
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5:45 |
Continued poster perusal |
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EVENING |
Mariners game! |
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WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE -- schedule on this day is fairly open, subject to real-time developments |
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8:45 - 9:00 |
Announcements, agenda setting |
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9:00 - 10:00 |
Reports from Tuesday break-out groups |
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10:00 -11:00 |
Final break-out groups review research challenges and propose priorities |
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11:00 |
SUBSET NOT INVOLVED IN REPORT WRITING DEPARTS for field trip |
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11:00 - 1:00 |
Writing teams convene, write extended outlines, report back to group |
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1:00 - 2:00 |
lunch |
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2:00 - 6:00 |
Report writing by individuals or small teams |
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6:00 |
Field trip returns |
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Final Breakout Group suggestions -- comments welcome |
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Quantifying tsunami properties from their deposits (and other features) |
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Reliability of the tsunami-deposit record--statistics, preservation, distinguishing deposits |
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Marine geology --The record of tsunamis and related phenomena |
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Tsunami erosion and deposition--effects on coastal geomorphology |
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Uses of tsunami deposits in probability hazard mapping |
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Uses of tsunami deposits in outreach and education |
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Database management, data repositories |
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Last Updated October 26, 2005