Studying palaeotsunamis is important to the comprehensive understanding of these events and their role in the geological evolution of the coasts of oceans and seas. The present work …
C Vigny, E Klein, J Ojeda - Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, precise satellite positioning measurements have revealed variations in the deformation of the Earth's surface along the South American subduction …
On 16 September 2015, the M w 8.3 Illapel megathrust earthquake broke the subduction contact of the Nazca plate beneath the South American plate, causing unexpectedly high …
The coast of Chile has been exposed to marine submersion events from storm surges, tsunamis and flooding due to heavy rains. We present evidence of these events using …
Abstract The 2015 Illapel earthquake (Mw 8.3) generated a tsunami that significantly impacted the central-north Chilean coast. Previous studies have utilized numerical …
Geological evidence of megathrust earthquakes along the Mexican Pacific coast relies predominantly on tsunami deposits. Records of coseismic relative sea-level changes are …
This study used sedimentary archives obtained from a high-standing terrace along the coastal zone of the Coquimbo region to reconstruct past extreme events (floods and …
R Okada, K Umeda, T Kamataki, Y Sawai… - Marine Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
Our stratigraphic and paleontological investigations revealed three sandy event deposits (E1, E2, and E3) within peaty clay at the Sotomeyachi site on the Japan Sea coast of …
El estudio del registro geológico de paleotsunamis permite evaluar el impacto, el alcance y la recurrencia de este tipo de eventos en el pasado y, en consecuencia, contribuir en la …