Historical tsunamis in the Concepcion bay, as seen in the reconstructed flood levels from the colonial city of Concepcion (Penco), Chile (1570-1835)

Abstract This paper uses historical data from letters, reports, and contemporary court cases to reconstruct historical tsunami flooding levels in the colonial city of Concepcion, Chile. Individual flood levels are analyzed for the 1570, 1575, 1657, 1730, 1733, 1751, and 1835 tsunamis. These individu...

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Autor principal: Stewart**,Daniel M.
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Publicado: Universidad de Concepción.Facultad de Humanidades y Arte 2019
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spelling oai:scielo:S0717-883220190002000972020-02-10Historical tsunamis in the Concepcion bay, as seen in the reconstructed flood levels from the colonial city of Concepcion (Penco), Chile (1570-1835)Stewart**,Daniel M. Earthquake tsunami Concepcion Penco colonial runups Abstract This paper uses historical data from letters, reports, and contemporary court cases to reconstruct historical tsunami flooding levels in the colonial city of Concepcion, Chile. Individual flood levels are analyzed for the 1570, 1575, 1657, 1730, 1733, 1751, and 1835 tsunamis. These individual reports allow for clear size comparisons between themselves and a realistic contrast with the recent 2010 Maule earthquake that generated a tsunami in the Concepcion Bay.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de Concepción.Facultad de Humanidades y ArteRevista de historia (Concepción) v.26 n.2 20192019-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-88322019000200097en10.4067/S0717-88322019000200097
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topic Earthquake
tsunami
Concepcion
Penco
colonial
runups
spellingShingle Earthquake
tsunami
Concepcion
Penco
colonial
runups
Stewart**,Daniel M.
Historical tsunamis in the Concepcion bay, as seen in the reconstructed flood levels from the colonial city of Concepcion (Penco), Chile (1570-1835)
description Abstract This paper uses historical data from letters, reports, and contemporary court cases to reconstruct historical tsunami flooding levels in the colonial city of Concepcion, Chile. Individual flood levels are analyzed for the 1570, 1575, 1657, 1730, 1733, 1751, and 1835 tsunamis. These individual reports allow for clear size comparisons between themselves and a realistic contrast with the recent 2010 Maule earthquake that generated a tsunami in the Concepcion Bay.
author Stewart**,Daniel M.
author_facet Stewart**,Daniel M.
author_sort Stewart**,Daniel M.
title Historical tsunamis in the Concepcion bay, as seen in the reconstructed flood levels from the colonial city of Concepcion (Penco), Chile (1570-1835)
title_short Historical tsunamis in the Concepcion bay, as seen in the reconstructed flood levels from the colonial city of Concepcion (Penco), Chile (1570-1835)
title_full Historical tsunamis in the Concepcion bay, as seen in the reconstructed flood levels from the colonial city of Concepcion (Penco), Chile (1570-1835)
title_fullStr Historical tsunamis in the Concepcion bay, as seen in the reconstructed flood levels from the colonial city of Concepcion (Penco), Chile (1570-1835)
title_full_unstemmed Historical tsunamis in the Concepcion bay, as seen in the reconstructed flood levels from the colonial city of Concepcion (Penco), Chile (1570-1835)
title_sort historical tsunamis in the concepcion bay, as seen in the reconstructed flood levels from the colonial city of concepcion (penco), chile (1570-1835)
publisher Universidad de Concepción.Facultad de Humanidades y Arte
publishDate 2019
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