Preliminary Analysis of Sedimentary Deposits
from the June 23, 2001 Peru Tsunami

[ Introduction | Team | Importance of Studying Tsunami Sediments | Survey and Methods | Damage | Run-up | Sedimentary Deposits | Preliminary Results | Future Research | Acknowledgments ]

Potential Future Research

• Compare with deposits of other modern tsunamis; use results to interpret paleo-tsunami deposits in Peru and other locations.
• Use Peru Tsunami deposits to further develop and test models to calculate flow properties from sediment deposits.
• Collect bathymetric data for flow modeling.
• Collect sediment samples offshore to determine source of sediment in tsunami deposits.
• Conduct geophysical surveys offshore to map subsurface structure and surficial offsets caused by recent faulting.