AGU Chapman Conference on Giant Earthquakes and Their Tsunamis
Valparaíso-Viña del Mar and Valdivia, Chile
17–24 May 2010
(includes the 50th anniversary of the giant 1960 Chile earthquake and tsunami)
Conference Objectives
The conference is intended to promote scientific understanding of earthquakes of magnitude 9 (giant earthquakes) and of associated tsunamis. Though global in scope, the conference will use Chilean subduction zones, which face the country's entire 4,000-km length, to help focus discussions of where and why these earthquakes occur. Topics will include subduction-zone properties previously interpreted as controls on maximum earthquake size; patterns of earthquake recurrence in relation to the region’s earthquake and tsunami history; and hazard assessments for building codes and tsunami safety.
Conveners
Brian Atwater, U.S. Geological Survey, atwater@usgs.gov
Sergio Barrientos, Universidad de Chile, sbarrien@dgf.uchile.cl
Marco Cisternas, Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, marco.cisternas@ucv.cl
Kelin Wang, Geological Survey of Canada, kwang@nrcan.gc.ca
Program Committee
Rolando Armijo, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, armijo@ipgp.jussieu.fr
Susan Beck, University of Arizona, slbeck@email.arizona.edu
Susan Bilek, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, sbilek@nmt.edu
Jaime Campos, Universidad de Chile, jaime@dgf.uchile.cl
Diana Comte, Universidad de Chile, dcomte@dgf.uchile.cl
Edgar Kausel, Universidad de Chile, ekausel@dgf.uchile.cl
Jurgen Klotz, Geo-Forschungs-Zentrum Potsdam, klotz@gfz-potsdam.de
Raul Madariaga, École Normale Supérieure, madariag@geologie.ens.fr
Daniel Melnick, Potsdam University, melnick@geo.uni-potsdam.de
Mario Pino, Universidad Austral de Chile, mario@gonfoterio.cl
Kenji Satake, University of Tokyo, satake@eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Claudio Vita-Finzi, Natural History Museum, London, cvitafinzi@aol.com
Robert Wesson, U.S. Geological Survey, rwesson@usgs.gov
Sponsors
The conveners are seeking conference and travel support from potential sponsors. Information will be posted if the funds become available.
Further Information
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at +1-202-777-7330.
For information about the scientific program, please contact the conveners via e-mail (addresses listed above).