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Bruce E. Jaffe is a researcher affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on geophysics, earth-surface processes, and atmospheric science. Their work also covers aspects of ecology and global and planetary change.

The scientist's research explores multiple main topics, including earthquake and tectonic studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, coastal and marine dynamics, geological formations and processes, and geological and geochemical analysis. Additional interests include coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Bruce E. Jaffe's recent publications reflect this range of topics. Notable papers include:

  • Diverse tsunamigenesis triggered by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption (2022) published in Nature
  • Anthropogenic pollutants and biomarkers for the identification of 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami deposits (Japan) (2020) published in Marine Geology
  • The Role of Surges During Periods of Very Shallow Water on Sediment Transport Over Tidal Flats (2021) published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • The San Francisco Estuary, USA as a reference section for the Anthropocene series (2023) published in The Anthropocene Review
  • A Great Tsunami Earthquake Component of the 1957 Aleutian Islands Earthquake (2024) published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Frequent co-authors in their work include S. La Selle, Robert C. Witter, Guy Gelfenbaum, Theresa A. Fregoso, and Amy C. Foxgrover.

Bruce E. Jaffe has published in various venues, often contributing multiple articles to:

  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Nature
  • Marine Geology

Best Publications

  • Physical criteria for distinguishing sandy tsunami and storm deposits using modern examples

    Robert A. Morton;Guy Gelfenbaum;Bruce E. Jaffe

  • New insights of tsunami hazard from the 2011 Tohoku-Oki event

    Kazuhisa Goto;Kazuhisa Goto;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Shigehiro Fujino;James Goff

  • Erosion and Sedimentation from the 17 July, 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami

    Guy Gelfenbaum;Bruce Jaffe

  • Progress in palaeotsunami research

    James Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Scott Nichol;Bruce Jaffe

  • Observations by the International Tsunami Survey Team in Sri Lanka

    Philip L.-F. Liu;Patrick Lynett;Harindra Fernando;Bruce E. Jaffe

  • Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment at Seaside, Oregon, for Near- and Far-Field Seismic Sources

    Frank González;Eric L. Geist;Bruce Jaffe;Utku Kânoğlu

  • A simple model for calculating tsunami flow speed from tsunami deposits

    Bruce E. Jaffe;Guy Gelfenbuam

  • Microbial cycling of mercury in contaminated pelagic and wetland sediments of San Pablo Bay, California

    M. C. Marvin-DiPasquale;J. L. Agee;R. M. Bouse;B. E. Jaffe

  • Erosion, deposition and landscape change on the Sendai coastal plain, Japan, resulting from the March 11, 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami

    Bruce Richmond;Witold Szczuciński;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Kazuhisa Goto

  • Anthropogenic influence on sedimentation and intertidal mudflat change in San Pablo Bay, California: 1856–1983

    Bruce E. Jaffe;Richard E. Smith;Amy C. Foxgrover

  • Sri Lanka Field Survey after the December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami

    James Goff;Philip L.-F. Liu;Bretwood Higman;Robert Morton;Robert Morton

  • Field Survey of the Samoa Tsunami of 29 September 2009

    Emile A. Okal;Hermann M. Fritz;Costas E. Synolakis;José C. Borrero

  • Flow speed estimated by inverse modeling of sandy tsunami deposits: results from the 11 March 2011 tsunami on the coastal plain near the Sendai Airport, Honshu, Japan

    Bruce E. Jaffe;Kazuhisa Goto;Kazuhisa Goto;Daisuke Sugawara;Bruce M. Richmond

  • THE ROLE OF SUSPENDED SEDIMENT IN SHORE-NORMAL BEACH PROFILE CHANGES

    Bruce E. Jaffe;Richard W. Sternberg;Asbury H. Sallenger

  • Sediment transport in the San Francisco Bay Coastal System: An overview

    Patrick L. Barnard;David H. Schoellhamer;David H. Schoellhamer;Bruce E. Jaffe;Lester J. McKee

  • Is “morphodynamic equilibrium” an oxymoron?

    Zeng Zhou;Zeng Zhou;Giovanni Coco;Ian Townend;Maitane Olabarrieta

  • Numerical models of tsunami sediment transport — Current understanding and future directions

    Daisuke Sugawara;Kazuhisa Goto;Bruce E. Jaffe

  • Distribution and sedimentary characteristics of tsunami deposits along the Cascadia margin of western North America

    Robert Peters;Bruce Jaffe;Guy Gelfenbaum

  • The future of tsunami research following the 2011 Tohoku-oki event

    Kazuhisa Goto;Kazuhisa Goto;Catherine Chagué-Goff;Catherine Chagué-Goff;James Goff;Bruce Jaffe

  • ACCELERATED RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL RISE AND RAPID COASTAL EROSION : TESTING A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP FOR THE LOUISIANA BARRIER ISLANDS

    Jeffrey H List;Asbury H Sallenger;Mark E Hansen;Bruce E Jaffe

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy Gelfenbaum
Guy Gelfenbaum United States Geological Survey
Bruce M. Richmond
Bruce M. Richmond United States Geological Survey
Catherine Chagué-Goff
Catherine Chagué-Goff University of New South Wales
Kazuhisa Goto
Kazuhisa Goto University of Tokyo
Asbury H. Sallenger
Asbury H. Sallenger United States Geological Survey
James Goff
James Goff University of New South Wales
Witold Szczuciński
Witold Szczuciński Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Vasily V. Titov
Vasily V. Titov Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Costas E. Synolakis
Costas E. Synolakis University of Southern California
Klaus Reicherter
Klaus Reicherter RWTH Aachen University

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