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dc.contributor.authorBoulton, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorWhitworth, MRZ
dc.contributor.editorScourse EM
dc.contributor.editorChapman NA
dc.contributor.editorTappin DR
dc.contributor.editorWallis SR
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-11T01:53:34Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-15T22:50:24Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-12T23:24:26Z
dc.date.available2016-11-11T01:53:34Z
dc.date.available2016-11-15T22:50:24Z
dc.date.available2017-02-12T23:24:26Z
dc.date.issued2018-01-11
dc.identifier.isbn9781786203182
dc.identifier.other7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/8452
dc.description.abstract

The Eastern Mediterranean is one of the most seismically active regions in Europe. Crete, located in the centre of the Eastern Mediterranean, should experience tsunamis resulting from large magnitude earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. At three locations boulders were observed that may relate to tsunami or storm events. At Lakki, the size of the boulders slightly favours a tsunami origin for deposition. By contrast, at Kommos boulder size and geomorphology is consistent with storm parameters in the Mediterranean. The most compelling evidence for tsunami transport is found at Diplomo Petris, where a lithologically varied grouping of large boulders (≤ 690 t) is exposed at sea level. The calculated storm wave heights (15 m) required to transport the observed boulders significantly exceeds winter averages; therefore, these accumulations are interpreted as tsunami deposits. Radiocarbon dating of encrusting biological material was undertaken to constrain periods of boulder motion. Encrustations from Diplomo Petris and Lakki pre-date the 365 CE earthquake suggesting that this event transported the largest boulders; the first time boulder deposits have been identified on Crete from this tsunami. Therefore, these data are important for developing local and regional hazard assessments but also to inform numerical models of tsunami propagation in the Mediterranean.

dc.format.extent13
dc.format.extent105-126
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Geological Society
dc.relation.ispartofTsunamis: Geology, Hazards and Risks
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/6713
dc.relation.replaces10026.1/6713
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/6746
dc.relation.replaces10026.1/6746
dc.titleBlock and boulder accumulations on the southern coast of Crete (Greece): evidence for the 365 CE tsunami in the Eastern Mediterranean
dc.typechapter
plymouth.volume456
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.seriesGeological Society, London, Special Publications
dc.identifier.doi10.1144/SP456.4
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dc.rights.embargodate2019-01-11
dc.rights.embargoperiod12 months
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