To be effective for multi-purpose usage, many of the databases must be global in scale and incorporate diverse information on bottom currents, seafloor gradients and physical properties, wave statistics, sedimentation rates, and many other parameters. Research comparing precise results with predicted or modeled results is essential for improving the reliability and accuracy of these simulations. Comparisons need to be made at all temporal scales from fast event detection and response to comparison of entire sequences and sea-level cycles. The conference will consist of alternate days of technical presentations and field excursions to view, study and discuss the geologic record of the topics presented the previous day. Keynote speakers will initiate each session, followed by either oral or poster presentations.
Rooms are double occupancy and breakfast is included.
Volcanoes - Tom Pierson, USGS Cascade Volcano Observatory 2. Floods - Lisa Ely, Central Washington University, 3. Earthquakes - Karry Sieh, California Institute of Technology 4. Tsunami - Jodie Bourgeois, University of Washington, 5. Extreme Storms - Robert Morton, Texas Bureau of Economic Geology, 6.