Brian Atwater

Quick Facts

Full Name	Brian Atwater
Occupation	Geologist
Date Of Birth	Sep 18, 1951(1951-09-18)
Age	73
Birthplace	New Britain
Country	United States
Birth City	Connecticut
Horoscope	Virgo

Brian Atwater Biography

Brian Atwater is one of the most popular and richest Geologist who was born on September 18, 1951 in New Britain, Connecticut, United States.

Brian Franklin Atwater (born September 18, 1951) is a geologist who works for the United States Geological Survey and is also a research professor at the University of Washington.

Atwater has also authored various supporting papers about earthquakes around the Pacific Rim and about other geological topics including great glacial floods in Washington State, and the natural history of San Francisco Bay. In 2006 he began reconnaissance geologic mapping in coastal Indonesia, part of the ground-truth sleuthing needed to develop a “Smart System” for protecting Indian Ocean communities from future tsunamis. In 2015, Atwater appeared, as a geologist, in the PBS documentary film, Making North America.

Brian Atwater Net Worth

Brian Atwater is one of the richest Geologist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brian Atwater 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Atwater has spent much of his career studying the likelihood of large earthquakes and tsunamis in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. In 2005, he published a book with others, “The Orphan Tsunami of 1700,” that summarizes the evidence for an 8.7–9.2 Mw megathrust earthquake in the Pacific Northwest on 26 January 1700, known as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake. The earthquake produced a tsunami so large that contemporary reports in Japan noted it, allowing Atwater’s team to assign a precise date and approximate magnitude to the earthquake. Its occurrence and size are confirmed by evidence of a dramatic drop in the elevation of Northwest coastal land, recorded by buried marsh and forest soils that underlie tidal sediment, the deposition of a layer of tsunami sand on the subsided landscape, the death or injury of affected trees (see dendrochronology), and descriptions of the earthquake and tsunami in regional Amerindian legends.

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Bruce Ranked on the list of most popular Geologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Brian Atwater celebrates birthday on September 18 of every year.

What did Brian Atwater discover?

What Atwater found, paddling around in his canoe, confirmed the worst fears. He found layers of sand transported far inland, clear evidence of past tsunamis. He found ghost forests standing in marshes that, centuries earlier, had been dry ground.

Who is Brian Atwater and what does he study?

Brian Atwater is a U.S. Geological Survey scientist based for the past three decades at the University of Washington. He began his research career with studies of sea-level changes and tidal-marsh vegetation at San Francisco Bay, and with studies of crystalline rocks and glacial-lake deposits near Grand Coulee Dam.

What is the key to successful tsunami prediction?

The committee concludes that the global networks that monitor seismic activity and sea level variations remain essential to the tsunami warning process. The current global seismic network is adequate and sufficiently reliable for the purposes of detecting likely tsunami-producing earthquakes.

What is the safest place for people to go during a tsunami?

It’s best to be on the landward side of the house, away from windows. Often tsunamis occur in multiple waves that can occur minutes apart, but also as much as one hour apart. Monitor the tsunami’s progress and listen for warnings or instructions from local officials.

Can animals predict tsunamis?

Tsunamis are large waves created by earthquakes or other large disturbances in the ocean like landslides. The low vibrations created by such an earthquake sometimes cannot be detected by humans, whereas larger animals like elephants can sense the vibrations earlier.