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| Titel |
Historic tsunami in Britain since AD 1000: a review |
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S. K. Haslett, E. A. Bryant |
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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| ISSN |
1561-8633
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In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Science ; 8, no. 3 ; Nr. 8, no. 3 (2008-06-30), S.587-601 |
| Datensatznummer |
250005536
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/nhess-8-587-2008.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The British coast is not considered at particular risk from
tsunami, a view that is supported by a number of recent government reports.
However, these reports largely ignore some written historic records that
suggest southern Britain has experienced a number of events over the past
1000 yrs. This study briefly assesses these records and recognises four
groups of events: 1) sea disturbance and coastal floods in southeast England
linked to earthquakes in the Dover Straits (e.g. 1382 and 1580), 2)
far-field tsunami reaching the coast of the British Isles, for example, from
earthquakes along the Azores-Gibraltar Fault Zone offshore Portugal (e.g.
1755), 3) tsunami associated with near-coastal low magnitude earthquakes
(e.g. 1884 and 1892), and 4) a flood event in AD 1014 that has been linked
to comet debris impact. The seismogenic events range from minor water
disturbance, through seismic seiching, to small and "giant" waves,
suggesting near-coastal, low-magnitude, shallow earthquakes may be capable
of triggering disturbance in relatively shallow water, as supported by
similar occurrences elsewhere, and that the British tsunami risk requires a
more careful evaluation. |
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