Earth and Planetary Surface Processes

Dear colleagues (and apologies for any cross-posting),

 

We invite you to submit an abstract to the AGU session EP002: " Advancing our understanding of landslide hazards in Alaska" for the upcoming Fall Meeting taking place 9-12 December 2024.  We have two invited speakers who have unique perspectives into the assessment of hazard and risk reduction practices for landslides and landslide-generated tsunami in Alaska.  They are:

 

Aaron Jacobs, Senior Service Hydrologist, National Weather Service, Juneau Weather Forecasting Office, Juneau, Alaska

 

and

 

Aaron Baczuk, Emergency Manager, Office of Emergency & Disaster Management, Valdez, Alaska

 

This year's meeting will be held both in-person in in Washington, D.C., USA for those able to attend, and online with options for interactive participation.  Please share this message with anyone that you might know that would be interested in submitting to this session.  Session information follows, please note abstracts are due by 31 July 2024 at 23:59 Eastern U.S. Daylight Time (EDT). 

 

We hope to see you there - either in person or online.  

 

 

Alaska's steep and geologically diverse landscapes, tectonics, and dynamic climate make the state particularly susceptible to the direct and indirect impacts of landslides. Devastating regional earthquakes, such as the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake, can trigger subaerial and submarine landslides and landslide-generated tsunamis. Prolonged and intense rainfall can initiate landslides that directly impact communities and infrastructure, such as the fatal landslides in Sitka in 2015, Haines in 2020, and Wrangell in 2023. The effects of a changing climate, as expressed in changes to the hydrometeorological regime, the cyclic advance and retreat of glaciers, and degradation of permafrost, can also condition the landscape in ways that contribute to or exacerbate hillslope failure. This session highlights recent geological and geophysical advancements in our ability to understand, assess, forecast, and warn for these hazards in Alaska.

 

Dennis M. Staley

U.S. Geological Survey – Alaska Volcano Observatory, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Martin Larsen
Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Juneau, Alaska, USA

Michael West
University of Alaska Fairbanks – Alaska Earthquake Center, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA