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Dr. Arthur Lerner-Lam
Interim Director
LDEO - Seismology, Geology, and Tectonophy
Lamont Research Professor
LDEO - Seismology, Geology, and Tectonophy
Adjunct Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences

Earth Institute Affiliate:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)

work: 845-365-8356
fax: 845-365-8150
e-mail1: lerner@ldeo.columbia.edu
Address:
226 Seismology
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades, NY 10964
Keywords: Crust-Mantle Interactions , Information Technology Applied To Earth Science , Natural Hazards , Regional And Global Seismology , Seismological Networks
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Last Modified: 03-25-2011
Projects:
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US-Egypt Cooperative Research: Seismic Hazard Mitigation and Soil Strength Mapping for Land Use Planning in Tushka Area, Upper Egypt
Dr. Arthur Lerner-Lam
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Arthur Lerner-Lam
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: Egypt

Technical Assistance for Asian Disaster Preparedness Center: Tsunami Warning System
Dr. Arthur Lerner-Lam
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Arthur Lerner-Lam
Organization: Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)
Locations: Asia, Indian Ocean

Comparative Multi-Hazard Risk Mapping for Central America and the Caribbean
Dr. Arthur Lerner-Lam
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Arthur Lerner-Lam
Organization: Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)
Locations: Caribbean Sea
Special Locations: Central America

Identification of Global Natural Disaster Risk Hotspots
Dr. Robert Chen
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Robert Chen
Organization: Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)
Locations: Africa, Asia, Earth, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Development of an Integrated Methodology for Risk Assessment and Risk Mitigation of Major Metropolitan Areas Subjected to Natural and Man-Made Hazards
George Deodatis

Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)
Locations: Turkey

Identification of Global Disaster Risk Hotspots
Maxx Dilley

Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)
Locations: Earth

Collaborative Research: CAT/SCAN (Calabria-Apennine-Tyrrhenian/Subduction-Collision-Accretion Network)
Dr. Michael Steckler
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Michael Steckler
Organization: Center for Hazards and Risk Research (CHRR)
Locations: Italy, Mediterranean Sea
Special Locations: Calabria/ Southern Apennines

Operation of an Ocean Bottom Seismic Instrument Pool at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory for the Benefit of the Community
Dr. Spahr Webb
Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Spahr Webb
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Locations: United States of America

Natural Seismicity Investigation of Active Continental Breakup in the Western Woodlark Basin
John Mutter

Earth Institute Contact:
Organization: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
Publications:
- "Deep Structure beneath the Southern Rocky Mountains from the Rocky Mountain Front Broadband Seismic Experiment.,"by Lerner-Lam, A. , with Sheehan,A. Grand,S. Humphreys,E., Dueker, K., Hessler, E., Guo,H., Lee, D.K. and Savage, M. , Rocky Mount, 1998
- "A global landslide catalog for hazard applications: method, results, and limitations,"by Lerner-Lam, A. , with Bach, D., Adler, R., Yang, H., Hill, S., Natural Hazards , vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 561-575, Winter 2010
- "Evaluation of a preliminary satellite-based landslide hazard algorithm using global landslide inventories,"by Lerner-Lam, A. , with Kirschbaum, D. B., Adler, Y., , Natural Hazards and Earth System Science , vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 673-686, Winter 2009
- "Seismic structure of the southern Apennines as revealed by waveform modelling of regional surface waves,"by Lerner-Lam, A. , with Ökeler, A., Gu, J., Steckler, S. , Geophysical Journal of The Royal Astronomical Society , vol. 178, no. 3, pp. 1473-1492, Winter 2009
- "Crustal thickness variations across the Colorado Rocky Mountains from teleseismic receiver functions.,"by , with Lerner-Lam, A. , Sheehan, A., and Jones, C., J. Geophys. Res., 1995
- "Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis,"by Chen, R. S., with Lerner-Lam, A. , Lyon, B. , Yetman, G. G., Uwe Deichmann, Margaret Arnold, Jonathan Agwe, Piet Buys, Oddvar Kjekstad, The World Bank, Disaster Risk Management Series No. 5, 132 pp., Washington, DC, March 2005 ISBN:0-8213-5930-4[Abstract]


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