Browsing Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) Digital Archive by Author "Glimsdal, Sylfest"

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    • A multiproxy approach to understanding the impact of the Storegga tsunami upon Mesolithic hunter-fisher-gatherers across different regions of western Norway 

      Walker, James William Paddison; Nyland, Astrid Johanne; Bergsvik, Knut Andreas; Kilhavn, Håvard Parathan; Gibbons, Steven John; Glimsdal, Sylfest (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

    • A New Approximate Method for Quantifying Tsunami Maximum Inundation Height Probability 

      Glimsdal, Sylfest; Løvholt, Finn; Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie; Romano, F.; Lorito, S.; Orefice, S.; Brizuela, B.; Selva, J.; Hoechner, A.; Volpe, M.; Babeyko, A.; Tonini, R.; Wronna, M.; Omira, R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Regional and global tsunami hazard analysis requires simplified and efficient methods for estimating the tsunami inundation height and its related uncertainty. One such approach is the amplification factor (AF) method. ...

    • Annual Report 2017 [SP 4 FoU Snøskred] 

      Issler, Dieter; Gauer, Peter; Gisnås, Kjersti; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Jaedicke, Christian; Sandersen, Frode (NGI-rapport;20170131-05-R, Research report, 2018-01-12)
      During the first year of the project period 2017–2019 of NGI's research project on snow avalanches, work was carried out in all five work packages (WP 1 – Ryggfonn and model development, WP 2 – Statistical tools, WP 3 – ...

    • Annual Report 2018 [SP 4 FoU Snøskred] 

      Issler, Dieter; Gauer, Peter; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Jaedicke, Christian; Sandersen, Frode (NGI-rapport;20170131-11-R, Research report, 2018-12-21)
      In the second year of the present three-year project period, core and/or long-term activities were continued: -experiments at Ryggfonn and maintenance of the site, -infrasound monitoring along State Road 15 between Fonnbu ...

    • Annual Report 2019 [SP4 FoU Snøskred] 

      Issler, Dieter; Gauer, Peter; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Jaedicke, Christian; Sandersen, Frode; Gisnås, Kjersti (NGI-rapport;20170131-17-R, Research report, 2020-05-28)
      NGI has conducted research on avalanches and related processes since 1973. This report gives a short insight in the work done in 2019. While experiments with artificial release of avalanches in the Ryggfonn experimental ...

    • Coastal inundation multi-hazard analysis for a construction site in Malaysia 

      Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie; Kaiser, Gunilla; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Jaedicke, Christian; Vafeidis, A. T.; Gothlich, Stephan E.; Høydal, Øyvind Armand; Løvholt, Finn; Farrokh, Nadim (Journal article, 2015)
      Establishment of new manufacturing sites in high-technology industries requires considerable investments. These investments need to be safeguarded against the impacts of natural hazards. The March 2011 Tohoku earthquake ...

    • Coupling of dispersive tsunami propagation and shallow water coastal response 

      Løvholt, Finn; Pedersen, Geir Kleivstul; Glimsdal, Sylfest (Journal article, 2010)
      The key issue of this article is the concept of combining a model dedicated to dispersive large scale propagation of tsunamis with ComMIT, developed and made freely available by NOAA, that is a state of the art tool for ...

    • Dispersion of tsunamis: does it really matter? 

      Glimsdal, Sylfest; Pedersen, Geir Kleivstul; Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie; Løvholt, Finn (Journal article, 2013)
      This article focuses on the effect of dispersion in the field of tsunami modeling. Frequency dispersion in the linear long-wave limit is first briefly discussed from a theoretical point of view. A single parameter, denoted ...

    • Earthquake related tsunami hazard along the western coast of Thailand 

      Løvholt, Finn; Bungum, Hilmar; Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Lindholm, Conrad D.; Pedersen, Geir Kleivstul (Journal article, 2006)
      The primary background for the present study was a project to assist the authorities in Thailand with development of plans for how to deal with the future tsunami risk in both short and long term perspectives, in the wake ...

    • Modeling propagation and inundation of the 11 March 2011 Tohoku tsunami 

      Løvholt, Finn; Kaiser, Gunilla; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Scheele, Lasse; Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie; Pedersen, Geir Kleivstul (Journal article, 2012)
      On 11 March 2011 the Tohoku tsunami devastated the east coast of Japan, claiming thousands of casualties and destroying coastal settlements and infrastructure. In this paper tsunami generation, propagation, and inundation ...

    • Modelling of mobility of Rissa landslide and following tsunami 

      Liu, Zhongqiang; L Heureux, Jean-Sebastien; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Lacasse, Suzanne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

    • On the characteristics of landslide tsunamis 

      Løvholt, Finn; Pedersen, Geir Kleivstul; Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Kim, Jihwan (Journal article, 2015)
      This review presents modelling techniques and processes that govern landslide tsunami generation, with emphasis on tsunamis induced by fully submerged landslides. The analysis focuses on a set of representative examples ...

    • On the landslide tsunami uncertainty and hazard 

      Løvholt, Finn; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Landslides are the second most frequent tsunami source worldwide. However, their complex and diverse nature of origin combined with their infrequent event records make prognostic modelling challenging. In this paper, we ...

    • Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Analysis (PTHA): multiple sources and global applications 

      Grezio, Anita; Babeyko, Andrey; Baptista, Maria Ana; Behrens, Jörn; Costa, Antonio; Davies, Gareth; Geist, Eric; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Gonzáles, Frank; Griffin, Jonathan; Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie; LeVeque, Randall J.; Lorito, Stefano; Løvholt, Finn; Omira, Rachid; Mueller, Christof; Paris, Raphaël; Parsons, Tom; Polet, Jascha; Power, William; Selva, Jacopo; Sørensen, Mathilde B.; Thio, Hong Kie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Applying probabilistic methods to infrequent but devastating natural events is intrinsically challenging. For tsunami analyses, a suite of geophysical assessments should be in principle evaluated because of the different ...

    • Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Analysis: High Performance Computing for Massive Scale Inundation Simulations 

      Gibbons, Steven John; Lorito, S.; Macías, Jorge; Løvholt, Finn; Selva, J.; Volpe, M.; Sánchez-Linares, Carlos; Babeyko, A.; Brizuela, B.; Cirella, A.; Castro, Manuel J.; de la Asunción, Marc; Lanucara, Piero; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Lorenzino, Maria Concetta; Nazaria, Massimo; Pizzimenti, Luca; Romano, F.; Scala, Antonio; Tonini, R.; Manuel González Vida, José; Vöge, Malte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Analysis (PTHA) quantifies the probability of exceeding a specified inundation intensity at a given location within a given time interval. PTHA provides scientific guidance for tsunami risk ...

    • Risk assessment and design of prevention structures for enhanced tsunami disaster resilience (RAPSODI) - Euro-Japan collaboration 

      Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie; Nakamura, Y.; Arikawa, T.; Baykal, C.; Dogan, G.G.; Frauenfelder, Regula; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Guler, H.G.; Issler, Dieter; Kaiser, Gunilla; Kânoǧlu, U.; Kisacik, D.; Kortenhaus, A.; Løvholt, Finn; Maruyama, Y.; Sassa, S.; Sharghivand, N.; Strusinska-Correia, A.; Tarakcloglu, G.O.; Yalciner, A.C. (Journal article, 2016)
      The 2011 Tōhoku event showed the massive destruction potential of tsunamis. The Euro-Japan “Risk assessment and design of prevention structures for enhanced tsunami disaster resilience (RAPSODI)” project aimed at using ...

    • Shaking and splashing—A case study of far-field effects of the Mjølnir asteroid impact on depositional environments in the Barents Sea 

      Bruhn, Rikke; Nagy, Jenø; Smelror, Morten; Dypvik, Henning; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Pegrum, Richard; Cavalli, Carlo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

    • Simulating tsunami propagation in fjords with long-wave models 

      Løvholt, Finn; Glimsdal, Sylfest; Lynett, P.; Pedersen, Geir Kleivstul (Journal article, 2015)
      Tsunamis induced by rock slides constitute a severe hazard towards coastal fjord communities. Fjords are narrow and rugged with steep slopes, and modeling the short-frequency and high-amplitude tsunamis in this environment ...

    • Testing Tsunami Inundation Maps for Evacuation Planning in Italy 

      Tonini, Roberto; Di Manna, Pio; Lorito, Stefano; Selva, Jacopo; Volpe, Manuela; Romano, Fabrizio; Basili, Roberto; Brizuela, Beatriz; Castro, Manuel J.; de la Asunción, Marc; Di Bucci, Daniela; Dolce, Mauro; Garcia, Alexander; Gibbons, Steven John; Glimsdal, Sylfest; González-Vida, José M.; Løvholt, Finn; Macías, Jorge; Piatanesi, Alessio; Pizzimenti, Luca; Sánchez-Linares, Carlos; Vittori, Eutizio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      nundation maps are a fundamental tool for coastal risk management and in particular for designing evacuation maps and evacuation planning. These in turn are a necessary component of the tsunami warning systems’ last-mile. ...

    • The 29th January 2014 submarine landslide at Statland, Norway—landslide dynamics, tsunami generation, and run-up 

      Glimsdal, Sylfest; L'Heureux, Jean-Sébastien; Harbitz, Carl Bonnevie; Løvholt, Finn (Journal article, 2016)
      A coastal landslide occurred at Statland, Namdalseid county, mid-Norway, on January 29, 2014, and generated a local tsunami. Neither the landslide nor the tsunami resulted in severe casualties, but the landslide tsunami ...