Subject: Re: What's new on the tsunami front?
From: Alan W Harris
Submitted: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:32:48 -0800
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At 05:42 PM 12/19/2002 -0500, Tony Tyson wrote:
>Alan Chave at Woods Hole says we should talk with Doug Luther at
>U Hawaii (808-956-5875) and he could refer us to the numerical
>simulations that were done re the Alvarez theory. Dave: since you
>are there at UH you would be the guy to talk with Luther.
>
>Happy Holidays,
>Tony
Sounds like a good lead. However, when you contact Chave, be sure to
emphasize that our interest is not in "Extinction level" sized
impactors. We are here assuming that even impactors down to 1 km diameter
are a solved problem by the current surveys. We are very specifically
interested in the potential for damage by tsunamis generated by few-hundred
meter diameter impactors. It is in this size range that Melosh claims the
hazard is greatly over-rated, and this is the size we need to critically
evaluate, because this is the size range that LSST would address.
Cheers,
Alan
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