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David R. Tappin is affiliated with the British Geological Survey in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on earth and planetary sciences, with a specialization in geophysics, earth-surface processes, atmospheric science, civil and structural engineering, as well as management, monitoring, policy, and law related to geological hazards.

The scientist's main topics of work cover a range of geological and geophysical phenomena, including earthquake and tectonic studies, geological formations and processes, geology and paleoclimatology research, landslides and related hazards, methane hydrates and related phenomena, earthquake and tsunami effects, and broader geological and geophysical studies.

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Frontiers in Earth Science
  • Marine Geology
  • Science
  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Nature Communications

Collaborations are a key aspect of their work, with several frequent co-authors contributing to their publications, such as:

  • Stéphan T. Grilli (8 papers)
  • James E. Hunt (6 papers)
  • Michael Cassidy (6 papers)
  • Sebastian Watt (5 papers)
  • Samantha Engwell (5 papers)

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by David R. Tappin are:

  • "Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard and Risk Analysis: A Review of Research Gaps," 2021, published in Frontiers in Earth Science
  • "Fast and destructive density currents created by ocean-entering volcanic eruptions," 2023, published in Science
  • "Indonesian Throughflow as a preconditioning mechanism for submarine landslides in the Makassar Strait," 2020, published in Geological Society London Special Publications
  • "Submarine landslide megablocks show half of Anak Krakatau island failed on December 22nd, 2018," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "New High-Resolution Modeling of the 2018 Palu Tsunami, Based on Supershear Earthquake Mechanisms and Mapped Coastal Landslides, Supports a Dual Source," 2021, published in Frontiers in Earth Science

Best Publications

  • The slump origin of the 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami

    Costas E. Synolakis;Jean Pierre Bardet;José C. Borrero;Hugh L. Davies

  • The Sissano, Papua New Guinea tsunami of July 1998 — offshore evidence on the source mechanism

    D.R. Tappin;P. Watts;G.M. McMurtry;Y. Lafoy

  • Landslide tsunami case studies using a Boussinesq model and a fully nonlinear tsunami generation model

    P. Watts;Stephan Grilli;J. T. Kirby;G. J. Fryer

  • 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

  • The Papua New Guinea tsunami of 17 July 1998: anatomy of a catastrophic event

    D. R. Tappin;P. Watts;Stephan T. Grilli

  • Did a submarine landslide contribute to the 2011 Tohoku tsunami

    David R. Tappin;Stephan T. Grilli;Jeffrey C. Harris;Robert J. Geller

  • Modelling of the tsunami from the December 22, 2018 lateral collapse of Anak Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Straits, Indonesia.

    Stephan T. Grilli;David R. Tappin;David R. Tappin;Steven Carey;Sebastian F. L. Watt

  • Tsunami generation by submarine mass failure. II: Predictive equations and case studies

    Philip Watts;Stéphan T. Grilli;David R. Tappin;Gerard J. Fryer

  • Sediment slump likely caused 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami

    David R. Tappin;Takeshi Matsumoto;Phil Watts;Kenji Satake

  • 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

  • Probabilistic tsunami hazard and Risk analysis: a review of research gaps

    Jörn Behrens;Finn Løvholt;Fatemeh Jalayer;Stefano Lorito

  • Coastal changes in the Sendai area from the impact of the 2011 Tōhoku-oki tsunami: Interpretations of time series satellite images, helicopter-borne video footage and field observations

    David R. Tappin;Hannah M. Evans;Colm J. Jordan;Bruce Richmond

  • Seafloor morphology of the Sumatran subduction zone: Surface rupture during megathrust earthquakes?

    Timothy J. Henstock;Lisa C. McNeill;David R. Tappin

  • Megatsunami deposits on Kohala volcano, Hawaii, from flank collapse of Mauna Loa

    Gary M. McMurtry;Gerard J. Fryer;David R. Tappin;Ian P. Wilkinson

  • The great Sumatra–Andaman earthquakes — Imaging the boundary between the ruptures of the great 2004 and 2005 earthquakes

    Dieter Franke;Michael Schnabel;Stefan Ladage;David R. Tappin

  • The Geology of Cardigan Bay and the Bristol Channel

    D. R Tappin

  • Submarine mass failures as tsunami sources: their climate control

    David R. Tappin

  • Fast and destructive density currents created by ocean-entering volcanic eruptions

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  • Sedimentary features of tsunami deposits — Their origin, recognition and discrimination: An introduction

    David R. Tappin

  • An overview of the lithostratigraphical framework for the Quaternary deposits on the United Kingdom continental shelf

    Martyn S. Stoker;Peter S. Balson;David Long;David R. Tappin

  • New simulations and understanding of the 1908 Messina tsunami for a dual seismic and deep submarine mass failure source

    L. Schambach;S. T. Grilli;D. R. Tappin;D. R. Tappin;M. D. Gangemi

  • Modeling the large runup along a narrow segment of the Kaikoura coast, New Zealand following the November 2016 tsunami from a potential landslide

    Mohammad Heidarzadeh;David R. Tappin;David R. Tappin;Takeo Ishibe

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan T. Grilli
Stephan T. Grilli University of Rhode Island
James T. Kirby
James T. Kirby University of Delaware
Kazuhisa Goto
Kazuhisa Goto University of Tokyo
Sebastian F.L. Watt
Sebastian F.L. Watt University of Birmingham
Gary M. McMurtry
Gary M. McMurtry University of Hawaii at Manoa
Witold Szczuciński
Witold Szczuciński Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Catherine Chagué-Goff
Catherine Chagué-Goff University of New South Wales
Bruce M. Richmond
Bruce M. Richmond United States Geological Survey
Peter J. Talling
Peter J. Talling Durham University
Timothy J. Henstock
Timothy J. Henstock University of Southampton

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