Tracing Tsunami Impacts On- and Offshore

Tsunamis are among the largest catastrophic events in the world. They are a major threat to coastal communities and infrastructure. They have been recorded since historical times and numerous investigations have been done concerning their origin, wave distribution and energy release along coastlines. Despite steady advances in research, numerous fundamental questions remain open.

•    What archives on- and offshore can be used to estimate frequency and magnitude of tsunamis?
•    What is the impact of tsunamis on seafloor morphology and sediments?
•    How dangerous are landslides for triggering tsunamis?
•    How do tsunamis interact with buffers like coastal forests and mangroves?
•    How can we reduce the future risk related to tsunamis?

These and other questions will be addressed during the proposed session. Special emphasis will be drawn on the Andaman Sea, which is the working area of the Thai - German cooperation on tsunami research (TRIAS). The session, however, will be open for all contributions on tsunami generation, tsunami modeling and tsunami impact.

Plenary talks by Benjamin Horton (Philadelphia, Pa., USA), Kazuhisa Goto (Chiba, Japan) and Philip Liu (Cornell, N.Y., USA)

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