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A faculty panel speaks of earthquakes, tsunamis

If it had happened here: Kerry Smith, who organized the session, uses a map of Japan superimposed at scale over a U.S. map. The destruction would have reached from Maine to southern Virginia.
Faculty from East Asian studies, geological sciences, and physics led a session on the earthquake, the tsunami, and the risk of damaged nuclear power plants. (Distributed March 23, 2011)
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Terry Tullis: A better understanding of earthquake processes

Better knowledge of the earthquake process: Terry Tullis, professor of geological sciences emeritus, has studied rock deformations and geological processes using powerful hydraulic equipment in the laboratory.
Better earthquake prediction is not so much a matter of new tools as of improved understanding about the earthquake processes, according to Terry Tullis, professor of geological sciences emeritus. At 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, in MacMillan 115, Tullis will join a faculty panel to discuss the Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear reactor damages. Other faculty include Karen Fischer, professor of geological sciences; George Seidel, professor of physics emeritus; and Kerry Smith, associate professor of history. (Distributed March 21, 2011)