Tsunami
Talk
Following on the heels of the successful Mt. St.
Helen's evening presentation in November, IMNH will cosponsor a talk about
tsunamis with our good friends from the ISU Geology Department. As before,
the Geology Club will be offering home-made goodies as a fund
raiser.
Title: Natural Disasters Part II:
Tsunami
Who: Dr. Paul Link and Dr. Scott
Hughes
Date: Monday February 14, 2005
Time:
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: PSC Lecture Hall 140 near the
corner of 8th Avenue and Carter Street. It's easiest to enter the
Chemistry Building from the Quad side.
Topics: Physics of tsunami waves and
the plate tectonics of the Indian Ocean. Recurrence intervals of earthquakes,
volcanic eruptions and landslides, which are the causes of tsunamis, and
the mythology and folklore of natural disasters.