05-MAG-GH1 Hazard - Risk Assessment

Geohazards, such as earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions and flank collapses, and derived tsunamis, can have devastating effects on populations, economies and landscapes around the world. Understanding and developing effective and sustainable strategies to assess the risks and minimise the impacts of these hazards is and will increasingly become a major task for geoscientists. This module provides basic knowledge about the underpining geoprocesses. Such knowledge is essential in order to be able to develop sustainable strategies in the future.

1) gain an introduction and overview about submarine geohazards
2) understand earthquake mechanics and are able to compile risk maps
3) discriminate triggers of submarine landslides and analyse slope stability
4) evaluate generation modalities and impact of tsunami

Course Type 1: Lecture, Exercise (L+E) 4.0 SWS ( 56.0 h)

Tutorial(s): -

56.0 h presence time
64.0 h self-study
60.0 h exam workload

180 h total workload

module exam

exam elements: 1
SL: 0

100 % Portfolio

Stein & Wysession: An introduction to seismology, earthquakes, and earth structure
Turcotte & Schubert: Geodynamics
Loseth: Submarine mass flow sedimentation
Saito: Tsunami generation and propagation