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Steven N. Ward is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Cruz in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering, with a focus on geological hazards and fluid dynamics.

The scientist's work covers topics including:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Fluid dynamics simulations and interactions
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Maritime and coastal archaeology
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

Ward's research involves several subfields such as Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Computational Mechanics, and Earth-Surface Processes. The scientist has contributed to the understanding of hazardous natural events through computational modeling and field analysis.

Frequent collaborators include Lili Xiao, Sam J. Purkis, Guido Paliaga, Fabio Luino, and Francesco Faccini. These partnerships have supported research published mainly in venues such as Science Advances, Engineering Geology, PLoS ONE, Geophysical Research Letters, and Ocean Engineering.

Selected recent publications demonstrate the scope and focus of Ward's work:

  • The 2022 Hunga-Tonga megatsunami: Near-field simulation of a once-in-a-century event, 2023, Science Advances
  • Tsunami Squares modeling of the 2007 Dayantang landslide generated waves considering the effects in slide/water interactions, 2021, Engineering Geology
  • Tsunami Squares modeling of landslide tsunami generation considering the 'Push Ahead' effects in slide/water interactions: Theory, experimental validation, and sensitivity analyses, 2021, Engineering Geology
  • A Neolithic mega-tsunami event in the eastern Mediterranean: Prehistoric settlement vulnerability along the Carmel coast, Israel, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Tsunamigenic Potential of an Incipient Submarine Landslide in the Tiran Straits, 2022, Geophysical Research Letters

The publication record highlights Ward's emphasis on tsunami simulation, landslide hazards, and their geological and environmental contexts. Their contributions often involve the development and validation of models that simulate the interactions between landslides and water bodies and the resulting wave generation.

Ward's work frequently appears in high-impact scientific journals, reflecting engagement with both the academic community and practical applications regarding natural hazard assessment and mitigation.

Best Publications

  • The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 26 December 2004

    Thorne Lay;Thorne Lay;Hiroo Kanamori;Charles J. Ammon;Meredith Nettles

  • Cumbre Vieja Volcano -- Potential collapse and tsunami at La Palma, Canary Islands

    Steven N. Ward;Simon Day

  • The 1960 Chile earthquake: inversion for slip distribution from surface deformation

    Sergio E. Barrientos;Steven N. Ward

  • Source parameters of the great Sumatran megathrust earthquakes of 1797 and 1833 inferred from coral microatolls

    Danny Hilman Natawidjaja;Danny Hilman Natawidjaja;Kerry Sieh;Mohamed Chlieh;John Galetzka

  • Prehistoric earthquake history revealed by lacustrine slump deposits

    Michael Schnellmann;Flavio S. Anselmetti;Domenico Giardini;Judith A. McKenzie

  • Landslide tsunami

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  • 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

  • Constraints On the Seismotectonics of the Central Mediterranean From Very Long Baseline Interferometry

    Steven N. Ward

  • Asteroid Impact Tsunami: A Probabilistic Hazard Assessment

    Steven N. Ward;Erik Asphaug

  • Ritter Island Volcano—lateral collapse and the tsunami of 1888

    Steven N. Ward;Simon Day

  • On the consistency of earthquake moment rates, geological fault data, and space geodetic strain: the United States

    Steven N. Ward

  • A multidisciplinary approach to seismic hazard in southern California

    Steven N. Ward

  • RELATIONSHIPS OF TSUNAMI GENERATION AND AN EARTHQUAKE SOURCE

    Steven N. Ward

  • Paleogeodetic records of seismic and aseismic subduction from central Sumatran microatolls, Indonesia

    Danny Hilman Natawidjaja;Danny Hilman Natawidjaja;Kerry Sieh;Steven N. Ward;Hai Cheng

  • An inversion for slip distribution and fault shape from geodetic observations of the 1983, Borah Peak, Idaho, Earthquake

    Steven N. Ward;Sergio E. Barrientos

  • Pacific-North America plate motions - New results from very long baseline interferometry

    Steven N. Ward

  • Tsunami Hazard Evaluation of the Eastern Mediterranean: Historical Analysis and Selected Modeling

    Amos Salamon;Thomas Rockwell;Steven N. Ward;Emanuela Guidoboni

  • Fault parameters and slip distribution of the 1915 Avezzano, Italy, earthquake derived from geodetic observations

    Steven N. Ward;Gianluca R. Valensise

  • San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake Simulations: A Step Toward a Standard Physical Earthquake Model

    Steven N. Ward

  • An application of synthetic seismicity in earthquake statistics - The Middle America Trench

    Steven N. Ward

  • Comparison of the 1959 Hebgen Lake, Montana and the 1983 Borah Peak, Idaho, earthquakes from geodetic observations

    Sergio E. Barrientos;Ross S. Stein;Steven N. Ward

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Hamerton
Ian Hamerton University of Bristol
Paul Smith
Paul Smith University of Surrey
Danny H Natawidjaja
Danny H Natawidjaja National Research and Innovation Agency of the Republic of Indonesia
Gianluca Valensise
Gianluca Valensise National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Flavio S. Anselmetti
Flavio S. Anselmetti University of Bern
Erik Asphaug
Erik Asphaug University of Arizona
John B. Rundle
John B. Rundle University of California, Davis
Kerry E Sieh
Kerry E Sieh Nanyang Technological University

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