UCSC Geophysicist Creates Computer Simulation Of Indian Ocean Tsunami

Tsunamis can be generated not only by earthquakes, but also by undersea landslides and asteroid impacts. Ward has used computer simulations to study all of these potential hazards. In 2003, for example, he and asteroid expert Erik Asphaug, an associate professor of Earth sciences, published a paper describing the tsunami that could result from an asteroid that is on course for a close encounter with Earth in the year 2880 (see Currents story: http://currents.ucsc.edu/02-03/06-02/tsunami.html).

In the aftermath of the disaster in South Asia, he has been contacted by numerous media outlets, including the Washington Post, New York Daily News, Newsweek magazine, and local KION TV.
Adapted from materials provided by University Of California, Santa Cruz.
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