Natural Hazards - Projects
Palaeo Tsunamis on Cyprus
Investigators:
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Schellmann (Bamberg), Prof. Dr. Dieter Kelletat (Institute of Geography, University of Essen)
Analysis and dating of tsunami deposits at Cape Trafalgar, Southwest coast of Spain
Investigators:
Dr. Franziska Whelan (Bamberg), Prof. Dr. Dieter Kelletat (Institute of Geography, University of Essen)
- Aims: Analyze large boulder deposits on Cape Trafalgar and derive magnitude and time of responsible tsunami
- Methods: Geomorphic field investigations, geomorphic mapping, remote sensing
- Funding: University of Bamberg, GermanyCooperator: D. Kelletat (Institute of Geography, University of Essen, Germany
- Project completed in 2002
Geomorphic and sedimentologic tsunami evidence on the Hawaiian Islands
Investigator:
Dr. Franziska Whelan (Bamberg)
- Aims: Determine geomorphic evidence for tsunamis in Hawaii
- Methods: Geomorphic mapping, geomorphic/sedimentologic field investigations, remote sensing techniques, geographic information systems (GIS), ESR (Electron Spin Resonance), and C14 dating
- Funding: Proposal submitted to the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
- Time frame: 2003-2005
- Cooperators: B.H. KEATING (School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology - HIGP, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA); K.F. CHEUNG (School of Ocean Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA