A comprehensive review of tsunami and palaeotsunami research in Chile

T León, AYA Lau, G Easton, J Goff - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Chile is a tsunami-prone country. Since the 1960 Chilean earthquake triggered a Pacific-
wide tsunami, there has been a considerable amount of research conducted on the geologic …

Tsunamis Struck Coasts of Triassic Oceans and Seas: Brief Summary of the Literary Evidence

DA Ruban - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
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 …

In search for the lost truth about the 1922 & 1918 Atacama earthquakes in Chile

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 …

Complex rupture of the 2015 MW 8.3 Illapel earthquake and prehistoric events in the Central Chile tsunami gap

G Easton, J González‐Alfaro… - Seismological …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme Sea Surges, Tsunamis and Pluvial Flooding Events during the Last~ 1000 Years in the Semi-Arid Wetland, Coquimbo Chile

K Araya, P Muñoz, L Dezileau, A Maldonado… - Geosciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Improving tsunami hazard assessment in central-north Chile using forward (TELEMAC) and inverse (TSUFLIND) models for the 2015 Illapel tsunami

T León, A Wuppukondur, G Easton, H Tang… - Applied Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The 2015 Illapel earthquake (Mw 8.3) generated a tsunami that significantly
impacted the central-north Chilean coast. Previous studies have utilized numerical …

Stratigraphic evidence of relative sea level changes produced by megathrust earthquakes in the Jalisco subduction zone, Mexico. The signature of the 1995 Colima …

EB Fernandez, S Woodroffe, JM Lloyd, I Shennan - Marine Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
Geological evidence of megathrust earthquakes along the Mexican Pacific coast relies
predominantly on tsunami deposits. Records of coseismic relative sea-level changes are …

Reconstruction of extreme floods and tsunamis from coastal sedimentary archives in Los Choros, Coquimbo region, 28° S, Chile

K Araya, L Dezileau, P Muñoz, A Maldonado… - Natural Hazards, 2024 - Springer
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 …

Geological record of 18th and 19th century tsunamis along the Japan Sea coast of Tsugaru Peninsula, northwestern Japan

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 …

Registro geológico de tsunamis del holoceno superior en la desembocadura de los ríos la Ligua y Petorca, Chile Central (32° 24'50'')

IJ Murillo Rogers - 2024 - repositorio.uchile.cl
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 …