Rethinking tsunami preparedness - What is the role of vegetation?
Event Type:
CTR Tea
Date and Time:
Friday, February 6, 2015 - 4:00pm
Location:
CTR Conference Room 103
Speaker(s):
Professor Jenny Suckale, Geophysics Department, Stanford University
Abstract:
The role of coastal forests in the mitigation of tsunami disasters has become a hotly debated topic in the aftermath of the devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004 and Japan in 2011.
