Southern California Coastal Hazards

A multi-hazards demonstration project

Objective: Integrate multiple USGS research activities with the needs of external partners such as emergency managers and land-use planners to produce products and information that can be used to create more disaster-resilient communities.

Natural hazards to be investigated: Earthquakes Landslides Floods Tsunamis Wildfires Coastal erosion

Principal Investigator:
Patrick Barnard - United States Geological Survey (USGS)

Co-Principal Investigators:
Bill O'Reilly, Julie Thomas and Bob Guza - SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography
Li Erikson, Cheryl Hapke, Ann Gibbs, Dan Hanes, Brian Collins, and Bruce Richmond - USGS
Edwin Elias and Dirk-Jan Walstra - Delft Hydraulics
Pete Adams - University of Florida
Peter Ruggiero - Oregon State University

Project Duration:
October 2006 - September 2011

Primary Contact Information:
Patrick L Barnard
Research Geologist
United States Geological Survey
Pacific Science Center
400 Natural Bridges Drive
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 427-4756
pbarnard@usgs.gov