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