Stanford [CSL Colloq] 4:15PM * Wednesday, January 05, 2005 * Tsunami - Earthquakes, Landslides and Asteroids. *

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject: [CSL Colloq] 4:15PM * Wednesday, January 05, 2005 * Tsunami -
Earthquakes, Landslides and Asteroids. *


              COMPUTER SYSTEMS LABORATORY COLLOQUIUM
               4:15PM, Wednesday, January 05, 2005
       NEC Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building B03
                   http://ee380.stanford.edu[1]

The COMPUTER SYSTEMS LABORATORY COLLOQUIUM resumes today at the usual
place (Gates B03) and time (4:15PM-5:30PM).  The speaker list and some
of the abstracts may be viewed at http://ee380.stanford.edu.  The
colloquium is open to everyone.  Stanford students may enroll in EE380 and
receive one unit of credit (some short assignments required).  There is
no limit on the number of times you can enroll.

     *** TODAY'S TALK -- 4:15 in Gates B03 ***

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*                                                                    *
*  Topic:    Tsunami - Earthquakes, Landslides and Asteroids.        *
*                                                                    *
*  Speaker:  Steven Ward                                             *
*            IGPP, UCSC                                              *
*                                                                    *
*  About the talk:                                                   *
*                                                                    *
*  This talk explains the physical nature of tsunami waves and how   *
*  they differ from waves at the beach. I show computer simulations  *
*  of the many sources of tsunami, including earthquakes, asteroid   *
*  impacts and volcanic explosions. Cases span waves just a few      *
*  inches high to "mega-tsunami" which involve entire ocean basins   *
*  ( http://es.ucsc.edu/~ward/LP_tsu_Atlantic_small.mov[2]). I       *
*  also present hot-off-the-press models of the Sumatra Tsunami      *
*  (http://es.ucsc.edu/~ward/indo.mov[3] ) and touch upon tsunami    *
*  forecasting.                                                      *
*                                                                    *
*  About the speaker:                                                *
*                                                                    *
*  Steven Ward is a solid earth geophysicist who, since 1984, has    *
*  worked at the Santa Cruz branch of the Institute of Geophysics    *
*  and Planetary Physics (IGPP), a multi-campus research unit of the *
*  University of California.                                         *
*                                                                    *
*  [ 1 ]    http://ee380.stanford.edu                                *
*  [ 2 ]    http://es.ucsc.edu/~ward/LP_tsu_Atlantic_small.mov       *
*  [ 3 ]    http://es.ucsc.edu/~ward/indo.mov                        *
*                                                                    *
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