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Texas A&M University
Department of Geology and Geophysics,
MS 3115,
College Station, Texas 77843
Dr. Robert Weiss
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. Westfalische-Wilhelms-University, Munster, 2005
Diploma (equivalent to M.S.) Geology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, 2002
Pre-Diploma (equivalent to B.S.) Geosciences, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, 1999
Experience
- 2005 - 2008
Visiting Scholar, JISAO, University of Washington, Seattle
- 2005
Researcher, Department of Geology, Westfalische-Wilhelms-University, Münster
- February 2004 - April 2004
Visiting Researcher, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
- 2002 - 2005
Assistant Researcher, Department of Geology, Westfalische-Wilhelms-University, Munster
Selected Publications
- Wünnemann K., Collins, G., Weiss, R. (2010): The impact of a cosmic body into Earth's ocean and the generation of large tsunami waves – insights from numerical modeling, Reviews of Geophysics, 48, RG4006.
- Bahlburg, H., Weiss, R., Wünnemann K. (2010): Low energy deposition in the Chicxulub crater during the impact to post-impact transition, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 295, 170-176.
- Bourgeois, J and Weiss, R. (2009): “Chevrons” are not mega-tsunami deposits – a sedimentologic assessment, Geology, 37(5), 403-406.
- Weiss, R. (2008): Sediment grains moved by passing tsunami waves: Tsunami deposits in deep water, Marine Geology, 250, 251-257.
- Martin, M.E., Weiss, R., Bourgeois, J., Pinegina, T.K., Houston, H. Titov, T.T. (2008): Combining constraints from tsunami modeling and sedimentology to untangle the 1969 Ozernoi and 1971 Kamchatskii tsunamis, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L01610.
- Bahlburg, H., Weiss, R. (2007): Sedimentology of the December 26, 2004, Sumatra Tsunami deposits in intermediate and large distances, Eastern India (Tamil Nadu) and Kenya, International Journal of Earth Sciences, 96(6), 1195-1209.
- Weiss, R., Wünnemann, K. (2007): Large waves caused by oceanic impacts of meteorites. In: Kundu, A. (ed) Tsunamis and Nonlinear Waves, New York Heidelberg, 235-260.
- Weiss, R., Wünnemann, K., Bahlburg, H. (2006): Numerical modeling of generation, propagation and run-up of tsunamis caused by oceanic impacts: model strategy and technical solutions, Geophysical Journal International, 167, 77-88.
- Weiss, R., Bahlburg, H. (2006): A note on the preservation potential of offshore tsunami deposits, Journal of Sedimentary Research, 76, 1267-1273.
Awards & Honors
- Hildegard- und Karl-Heinrich Heitfeld Award, July 2006
For the best Ph.D. Thesis in 2005 of Department for Geology.
- Westftilische-Wilhelms-University, Muenster, December 2005
Award for Ph.D. thesis graded with Summa Cum Laude in the year 2005
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