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JSPS Event: Contourites and Ocean Hazards: Slope Instability and Tsunami Genesis

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June 2nd 2023

The Lyell Centre, Heriot Watt University

A special seminar supported by the JSPS London Symposium and Seminar Scheme will be held in association with the 4th Deep Water Circulation Research Conference (4DWC). Topics presented at the 4DWC at the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Heriot Watt University (24-26th May 2023) will be reprised for discussion at this seminar. The seminar will be held both in-person and online. We look to promote scientific advance in this important area of environmental science and to foster Japan-UK research collaboration.

Facilitated by Professor Dorrik Stow (Heriot Watt, Edinburgh) and Dr Naohisa Nishida (Gakugei Tokyo University, Japan)

For enrolment, in-person and online participation, and further information, please contact: d.stow@hw.ac.uk or nishidan@u-gakugei.ac.jp

Participation

Conference: For the 4th Deepwater Circulation Research Conference (4DWC), the main programme can be found here

There will be a special workshop (Friday 26th May) on the JSPS Seminar topic Contourites and Ocean Hazards:, Slope Instability and Tsunami Genesis

Seminar: The UK-Japan special seminar Contourites and Ocean Hazards:, Slope Instability and Tsunami Genesis directly follows 4DWC and will be held at the Lyell Centre, Heriot Watt University, on 2nd June 2023

Speakers: both in-person and online contributions

Confirmed: UK – Stow, Nicholson, Smillie, Dodd, Duarte (agreed); Japan – Nishida, Tsukada, Takehara, Kawamura (JSPS delegates). Others with discussion contributions from 4DWC to be decided.

Open to further participation (especially online) – please contact: d.stow@hw.ac.uk or nishidan@u-gakugei.ac.jp

ECR/PhD participation: Takehara and Yui (Japan), Brackenridge, Duarte, Balmer and Pan (UK); others will be drawn from 4DWC participation and online contributions.

Number of participants: 4DWC conference 60-80 (20-30 PhD/ECR); Japan-UK seminar 15-25 (depending on online contributions.

Provisional seminar topics:

  1. Specialised technical topics reprised from 4DWC, including Pacific margin ocean circulation; seafloor morphology; shelf to slope sediment transfer; slope instability and submarine slides; tsunami-genesis cause and consequence; Pacific rim contourites; ancient contourites on land.
  2. Publication planning from seminar, conference and other collaboration.
  3. PhD/ECR training and exchange opportunities.
  4. Development of joint research proposals for submission to both UK and Japanese funding bodies.
  5. Advance planning for the 5th DWC that could be hosted in Japan (in 2026/27).


Posted on 09 May 2023