Onset, dynamics and tsunami genesis from submarine landslides: A training workshop using Geo-INQUIRE services

Date: Tuesday, 16 September 2025, from 09:00 to Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 17:00 CEST

Location: On-site workshop in Barcelona, Spain

Please apply here!

Timeline:

29.04.2025: Opening of registration

01.06.2025: Closing date for applications (23:59 CEST)

mid - June 2025: Notification to applicants

Speakers: Roger Urgeles (Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC), Finn Løvholt (Norges Geotekniske Institutt, NGI), Jorge Macias (Universidad de Málaga)

Research fields: Specialists of all scientific fields, and on all career stages are welcome

Target audience: PhD students, technicians, researchers, and practitioners working in offshore geohazard assessment

Scope: The workshop will use Geo-INQUIRE data and software to provide understanding on how to assess geohazard from submarine landslides and derived tsunamis. It will use a hands-on-examples approach to 

  1. Extract information for and from the EMSS; 
  2. Understanding EMSS parameters and their relevance for landslide tsunami simulation as well as assessment of landslide hazard and tsunami hazard from submarine landslides; 
  3. Develop workflows for landslide tsunami simulations from the EMSS; 
  4. Assess tsunami initiation and propagation from submarine landslides using deifferent codes made available through Geo-Inquire and beyond.

Learning Goals: Use Geo-INQUIRE data and software, including the Euro-Mediterranean Submarine landSlide database, BingClaw and HySEA landslide to provide a basic understanding on how to assess geohazard from submarine landslides and derived tsunamis, including:

  • Get acquainted with data products and services available through EPOS and Geo-INQUIRE for landslide tsunami analysis
  • Understand parameters for landslide tsunami analysis and how to generate them
  • Generate data relevant for landslide dynamics and tusnami simulation
  • Developing workflows for tsunami simulation from submarine landslides
  • Develop landslide simulation capabilities
  • Develop tsunami simulation capabilities
  • Understanding outputs from different landslide tsunami models

Description: The workshop will use Geo-INQUIRE data and software, including the Euro-Mediterranean Submarine landSlide database (VA2-33-5, VA2-33-6, VA2-33-7), BingClaw and HySEA landslide to provide a basic understanding on how to assess geohazard from submarine landslides and derived tsunamis.

The Euro-Mediterranean Submarine landSlide database (EMSS21) is a catalogue of submarine landslides of the Mediterranean Sea and the European continental margins of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. During the course we will review and generate database attributes using an example and learn to use those for determining landslide geometric and dynamic parameters for landslide tsunami simulation.

Mass Mov2DH2O and BingClaw (VA4-532-1) are two models for simulating the dynamics of cohesive (clay-rich) landslides. We will use those to generate input data for tsunami smilation using GeoClaw.

The HySEA landslide-tsunami model (VA4-531-4) consists of two systems of coupled equations for a) the landslide material and b) the water dynamics model. We will apply HySEA to the same scenario.

Prerequisites: Basic understanding of the Linux command-line syntax. Laptop computer with some processing power (Windows with WSL virtual machine | Linux with Windows virtual machine). Windows and Linux Codes & Apps (non-comercial). Please visit ls3gp.icm.csic.es and follow the described process to set up all necessary software on your machine. 

Requirements: Short motivation letter (Up to 300 words). Name of two potential researchers willing to provide references

Participants limit: 25 people

Costs covered by Geo-INQUIRE:

  • Morning coffee break and Lunch
  • Flight/Travel costs will be covered only if necessary, please contact the organisers before applying
  • Contribution to the costs of accommodation to a max of 65€/day (if requested for selected participants)

Workshop venue:

Institut de Ciències del Mar, ICM-CSIC

Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49 E-08003 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (http://www.icm.csic.es/)

The “Sala Pepita Castellví” room is located on the first floor of the Institute of Marine Sciences of CSIC, (http://www.icm.csic.es/en/). The institute can be reached using the underground system (use line L4, the yellow line) or bus (e.g., line 27 and line 47). For further details on Barcelona’s public transportation system visit: http://www.tmb.cat/en/home. Free wireless internet connection is available at the Institute.

Hotel suggestions are available below. All these hotels are not far from the institute. Also stated is distance from the hotel to the institute and approximate walking time (see also links to google maps).

Geo-INQUIRE promotes diversity and inclusion within the scope of the project.

Contact Information:urgelesicm.csic.es