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Press Conference from 2011 AGU Fall Meeting - Mon. Dec 5, 1 p.m. PST

Since the 11 March 2011, magnitude 9 Tohoku megaquake and tsunami in Japan, scientists have gained new insights into the behavior of the tsunami and its effects from Japan to sites thousands of kilometers away, including the Galapagos Islands. A previously unknown doubling of tsunami height and amplified destructive power may help explain why damage varies so greatly from place to place along an inundated coastline. In the Galapagos, the tsunami caused widespread physical and ecological damage. Field surveys of Japanese coastal areas hit by the tsunami assess the waves' impacts on buildings, gauge the performance of protective structures, and reveal rapid, natural rebuilding of beaches severely eroded by the tsunami.

Participants:
Kazuhisa Goto
Research Associate, Planetary Exploration Research, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino, Japan and Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan;
Patrick Lynett
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA;
Y. Tony Song
Research Scientist, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA;
Costas Synolakis
Professor, Hellenic Center of Marine Research, Anavissos, Athens, Greece and Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Session: NH11A, NH14A, NH51C