Tsunami deposits: present knowledge and future challenges

PJM Costa, C Andrade - Sedimentology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Tsunami deposits are the primary source of information on (past) large tsunami events and
thereby are crucial for accurate hazard assessments. Tsunami deposits studies have …

The Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Cadiz as a natural laboratory for paleotsunami research: Recent advancements

PM De Martini, HJ Bruins, L Feist… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract After the 2004 Indian Ocean (IOT) and the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunamis, new research
in tsunami-related fields was strongly stimulated worldwide and also in the Mediterranean …

Holocene offshore tsunami archive–Tsunami deposits on the Algarve shelf (Portugal)

L Feist, PJM Costa, P Bellanova, I Bosnic… - Sedimentary …, 2023 - Elsevier
The well-known 1755 CE Lisbon tsunami caused widespread destruction along the Iberian
and northern Moroccan coastlines. Being affected by the powerful 1755 CE Lisbon tsunami …

Assessment of the 1693 tsunami wave generation and propagation simulation based on multiple focal mechanism scenarios for recent disaster mitigation in eastern …

FXAT Laksono - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The 1693 tsunami was the most extensive earthquake-tsunami event in Sicily, submerging
Catania, Augusta, and Syracuse. However, the earthquake rupture, water level, arrival time …

The Baelo Claudia Tsunami Archive (SW Spain)—Archaeological Deposits of High-Energy Events

K Reicherter, F Prados, H Jiménez-Vialás… - … and Archaeology in the …, 2022 - Springer
Over the past decades, substantial progress has been made in tsunami research. Be that as
it may, little is still known about tsunami deposits and their related depositional mechanisms …

A tsunamigenic delta collapse and its associated tsunami deposits in and around Lake Sils, Switzerland

V Nigg, S Wohlwend, M Hilbe, B Bellwald, SC Fabbri… - Natural Hazards, 2021 - Springer
Large lacustrine mass movements and delta collapses are increasingly being considered as
potential tsunamigenic sources and therefore hazardous for the population and …

Offshore evidence of historic and prehistoric tsunamis on the north shore of Tutuila (American Samoa)

B Riou, E Chaumillon, C Chagué, S Schmidt… - Sedimentary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although research dealing with the geological evidence of past tsunamis has increased
significantly in the last two decades, studies of tsunami deposits emplaced during the …

Backwash sediment record of the 2009 South Pacific Tsunami and 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake Tsunami

B Riou, E Chaumillon, C Chagué, P Sabatier… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Following recent tsunamis, most studies have focused on the onshore deposits, while the
offshore backwash deposits, crucial for a better understanding of the hydrodynamic …

Tsunami deposits in Tunisia contemporaneous of the large 365 CE Crete earthquake and Mediterranean Sea catastrophic event

N Bahrouni, M Meghraoui, HB Bayraktar, S Lorito… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
New field investigations along the East Tunisian coastline reveal sedimentary deposits and
damaged localities that may account for a catastrophic event during the late Holocene. North …

The anthropogenic footprint of physical harm on the seabed of Augusta Bay (Western Ionian Sea); A geophysical investigation

F Budillon, M Firetto Carlino, S Innangi… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Augusta Bay is an embayment of the Hyblean sector in south-eastern Sicily (Southern Italy)
that faces the Ionian Sea and includes the Rada di Augusta, a wide littoral sector sheltered …