PPT-Forward/Introduction Chapter 1: Tsunami

Elder Angela Burns September 23 2015 Agenda Recap Forward and Introduction Tsunami Learning Objectives Students will synthesize and incorporate the materials studied into everyday life. A tsunami is a series of large ocean waves usually caused by a major oor, a landslide, or volcanic activity. Tsunamis the whole water column is moving, not just the surface. A tsunami can When tsuna The main tsunami threat to Greater Victoria comes from a subduction earthquake o the West Coast.A tsunami created elsewhere in the Paci c Basin would, at most, a ect low-lying coastal areas in Gre Year 8. Bell Work- Notes in Back of Book. Do you recognise this Newspaper?. What’s it about?. Where were you when this happened?. Lesson Objectives. . I understand what a tsunami is and can explain how it is caused. Nancy N. Soreide, . D.W. Denbo, Y. Wei, D. . Arcas. , V.V. . Titov. NOAA Center for Tsunami Research. NOAA PMEL, Seattle, WA. NOAA Center for Tsunami Research. Chile tsunami event (Feb 27, 2010) . YouTube video embedded in slide . Tsunami Outreach Oregon. Oregon Department of . Geology . and Mineral Industries . Earthquake Sources for Tsunamis . Local Oregon Tsunamis. Distant Tsunamis. Map modified from NOAA website: . http://. The name ‘tsunami’ is Japanese. . It means harbor wave. . Tsunamis used to be called tidal waves, but they actually have nothing to do with the tides.. The sudden displacement of huge amounts of water causes tsunamis. . Tsunami Mathematics. Mathematically there are three different but related factors involved in . relation . to a Tsunami.. These are SPEED, HEIGHT, and ENERGY POWER. . Tsunami Mathematics - SPEED. In the open Ocean the speed of a Tsunami is approximately: . Waves part 2. Tsunami. Tsunami terminology. Japanese term meaning “. harbour. wave”. Also called “seismic sea waves”. Created by movement of the ocean floor by:. Underwater fault movement. Underwater avalanches. Agenda. Agree how we work within the Earthquake and Tsunami group. . how to . trigger. the System. (for EQS and TSU). GMPEs (or in term of MMI) vs population density for EQs. Expected tsunami height for . Draft a thesis statement. For essays, declare your main idea and purpose in a thesis statement. . Your thesis statement can appear anywhere in the introduction paragraph.. Your introduction should appear after an attention-grabbing hook.. ( see tsunami lessons 10 a and 10b). CASE STUDY JAPAN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI 2011. (see Tsunami lesson 10b….). The . Eyjafjallajokull. Volcano, Iceland 2010. ( Predominant volcanic hazards- ash and . Inundation Mapping . for Alaska Coastal . Communities. Alaska Highlights for 2011. NTHMP - CC Meeting. . San Diego, CA February 8-9, 2012. Ervin Petty. , Alaska Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Management. Donald W. Denbo, John R. Osborne. , . Clinton . K. Pells and Mike A. Traum. Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO), University . of . Washington, Seattle, WA. NOAA/. PMEL NOAA Center for Tsunami Research, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA. 1Historical Hilo TsunamiHit by damaging tsunami in 1837 1841 1868 twice 1869 1872 1877 1883 1906 1918 1923 1933 1946 1957 1960 1975All but three of the above were caused by distant earthquakesThere ha