| Session Details | |
| Section | IG - Interdisciplinary Geosciences |
| Session Title | Interdisciplinary Tsunami Science |
| Main Convener | Dr. Yuichiro Tanioka (Hokkaido University, Japan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Stuart Weinstein (NOAA, United States) Dr. Yoshiki Yamazaki (University of Hawaii, United States) Dr. Tomoyuki Takahashi (Kansai University, Japan) Dr. Yusuke Yamanaka (The University of Tokyo, Japan) |
| Session Description | Tsunamis are one of the most devastating natural disasters in Asia-Oceania region such as the 2004 Sumatra Tsunami or the 2011 Tohoku-oki Tsunami. Tsunami science has become one of the most inter-disciplinary research areas. Geophysics, oceanography, engineering, geology, and social science are included in tsunami reseraches. This session invites contributions from all areas of tsunami science including: theoritical research; numerical modeling; tsunami source studies; forecast and warning procedures; investigation of geologic records; and hazard and risk studies from tsunamis generated by earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions. |