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GSA Topical Session - Oceanic Geohazards

Date: 03/25/2008

We would like to call your attention to the following oceanic geohazards session at the 2008 GSA Joint Meeting (5-9 October 2008, Houston TX).

Title: Oceanic Geohazards: Distribution, Controls, and Risks (Topical session 4)
Sponsors: Geological Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies
Conveners: Brandon Dugan (dugan@rice.edu) and Julia Morgan (morganj@rice.edu)

Summary: Oceanic geohazards can have catastrophic impacts on society as well as drastic effects on marine and terrestrial environments. Such geohazards include submarine earthquakes, landslides, eruptions, coastal subsidence, and tsunami, and may involve complex coupling of multiple processes. We encourage submissions on a broad range of topics relating to oceanic geohazards and their risks, which could include: (a) observations and analyses of deformation and failure; (b) interpretation of events in the depositional record; (c) experimental or numerical investigations of the underlying physics of these phenomena; (d) risk assessment of regional or global vulnerability, economic impact, or environmental damage. This session will encourage the dissemination and exchange of knowledge to improve our understanding of global geohazards and their causes and consequences.

Abstract Submission Deadline: 3 June 2008

Meeting Information and Abstract Submission:
https://www.acsmeetings.org/2008/