The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a three-year, $135,037 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences on August 1, 2021 to support research titled "Collaborative Research: Sedimentary Signature of Shallow and Tsunamigenic Megathrust Ruptures: Observations and Physical Models from Recent Catastrophic Events."
Under the award, the University will conduct basic research to strengthen understanding of integrated earth system processes through studying sediment records and physical models of shallow, tsunami-generating earthquakes and seafloor deformation. The research is funded through the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to expand fundamental geoscience knowledge and understanding of the earth system through support of basic research. Project results have the potential to increase scientific knowledge of earthquake and tsunami hazards.
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