Highly variable recurrence of tsunamis in the 7,400 years before the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

Tsunamis can be an extremely hazardous event, but understanding their occurrence through past records remains challenging. Here, the authors document tsunami occurrence from a 7,400 year old record of tsunami deposits in a cave in Indonesia, helping us to reconstruct the frequency of earthquakes in...

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Autores principales: Charles M. Rubin, Benjamin P. Horton, Kerry Sieh, Jessica E. Pilarczyk, Patrick Daly, Nazli Ismail, Andrew C. Parnell
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/e07f2ddd260440f58ed9ce9547148ccf
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Sumario:Tsunamis can be an extremely hazardous event, but understanding their occurrence through past records remains challenging. Here, the authors document tsunami occurrence from a 7,400 year old record of tsunami deposits in a cave in Indonesia, helping us to reconstruct the frequency of earthquakes in the region.