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Professor David TAPPIN

Principal Inverstigator

Marine Geoscience

British Geological Survey

Work Location

Environmental Science CentreNicker Hill
Nottingham
NG12 5GG
United Kingdom

Nationality

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Email(s)

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Telephone

44 (0)115 9363449

Profile URL

https://oceanexpert.org/expert/davetappin

Persistent Digital Identifiers (UIDs)

ORCID : 0000-0003-3186-8403

Highest Degree

MSc

Job Type

Research

Subject Area

Marine Geology, Geophysics

Activities

Marine Geohazards

Tsunamis

Submarine Landslides

Submerged Landscapes

Teaching

Sea regions of study

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
Bristol Channel
English Channel
North Sea
North Atlantic Ocean
Japan Sea
Indian Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
Ionian Sea
Aegean Sea
South Pacific Ocean

Skills

Generation and impacts of tsunamis

  • Seismic interpretation
  • Management of large multidisciplinary science projects
  • Marine mapping
  • Sedimentology
  • Teaching coastal and marine geohazards

    • Working language(s)

    English

    Citation(s)

    Google Scholar

    Website(s)

    http://www.bgs.ac.uk/staff/profiles/1847.html

    Comment(s)

    2017 –2019 : European Project EMODnet - Team Leader Submerged Landscapes

  • 2016 – ongoing : Researching UK tsunami hazard from submarine and subaerial landslides and meteotsunami
  • Researching the impact of climate change on submarine slope stability in the North Atlantic
  • Researching dual (earthquake and submarine landslide) tsunamis, e.g. Japan, 2011; Messina, 1908, Alaska, 1946, Kaikoura, 2016
  • Researching eruption-generated tsunamis including the LBA Minoan tsunami of 3500BP and Krakatau, 1883

    • Created: 2018-01-16 | Last Updated: 2018-01-16