Historical and pre-historical tsunamis in the Mediterranean and its connected seas: Geological signatures, generation mechanisms and coastal impacts

GA Papadopoulos, E Gràcia, R Urgeles, V Sallares… - Marine Geology, 2014 - Elsevier
The origin of tsunamis in the Mediterranean region and its connected seas, including the
Marmara Sea, the Black Sea and the SW Iberian Margin in the NE Atlantic Ocean, is …

Tsunami risk management for crustal earthquakes and non-seismic sources in Italy

J Selva, A Amato, A Armigliato, R Basili… - La Rivista del Nuovo …, 2021 - Springer
Destructive tsunamis are most often generated by large earthquakes occurring at subduction
interfaces, but also other “atypical” sources—defined as crustal earthquakes and non …

New simulations and understanding of the 1908 Messina tsunami for a dual seismic and deep submarine mass failure source

L Schambach, ST Grilli, DR Tappin, MD Gangemi… - Marine Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Over 100 years after the event, the mechanism of the 1908 Messina tsunami remains
unresolved. The up to 12 m runups observed along the coasts of Sicily and Calabria cannot …

Slip on a mapped normal fault for the 28th December 1908 Messina earthquake (Mw 7.1) in Italy

M Meschis, GP Roberts, ZK Mildon, J Robertson… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The 28th December 1908 Messina earthquake (Mw 7.1), Italy, caused> 80,000
deaths and transformed earthquake science by triggering the study of earthquake …

Active tectonics along the submarine slope of south-eastern Sicily and the source of the 11 January 1693 earthquake and tsunami

A Argnani, A Armigliato, G Pagnoni… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2012 - nhess.copernicus.org
South-eastern Sicily has been affected by large historical earthquakes, including the 11
January 1693 earthquake, considered the largest magnitude earthquake in the history of …

Between Scylla and Charybdis (part 1): the sedimentary dynamics of the modern Messina Strait (central Mediterranean) as analogue to interpret the past

SG Longhitano - Earth-Science Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
The present paper reviews a number of geophysical and geological datasets acquired in
recent and less recent times on the modern Messina Strait, aiming at reconstructing the …

High-resolution morpho-bathymetric imaging of the Messina Strait (Southern Italy). New insights on the 1908 earthquake and tsunami

D Ridente, E Martorelli, A Bosman, FL Chiocci - Geomorphology, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The 28 December, 1908 Reggio Calabria and Messina earthquake (named after
the two most damaged cities on the coasts of Messina Strait) was one of the strongest (MW …

Tsunami hazard for the city of Catania, eastern Sicily, Italy, assessed by means of Worst-case Credible Tsunami Scenario Analysis (WCTSA)

R Tonini, A Armigliato, G Pagnoni… - Natural Hazards and …, 2011 - nhess.copernicus.org
Eastern Sicily is one of the coastal areas most exposed to earthquakes and tsunamis in Italy.
The city of Catania that developed between the eastern base of Etna volcano and the Ionian …

Active faults and historical earthquakes in the Messina Straits area (Ionian Sea)

A Polonia, L Torelli, L Gasperini… - Natural Hazards and …, 2012 - nhess.copernicus.org
The Calabrian Arc (CA) subduction complex is located at the toe of the Eurasian Plate in the
Ionian Sea, where sediments resting on the lower plate have been scraped off and piled up …

[图书][B] Tsunamis in the European-Mediterranean region: from historical record to risk mitigation

G Papadopoulos - 2015 - books.google.com
Tsunamis in the European-Mediterranean Region: From Historical Record to Risk Mitigation
provides readers with a much needed, reliable, and up-to-date history of the region …