Coastal evidence for Holocene subduction-zone earthquakes and tsunamis in central Chile

T Dura, M Cisternas, BP Horton, LL Ely… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
The∼ 500-year historical record of seismicity along the central Chile coast (30–34° S) is
characterized by a series of∼ M 8.0–8.5 earthquakes followed by low tsunamis (< 4 m) …

Grain-size characteristics of fine-grained sediments and association with gas hydrate saturation in Shenhu Area, northern South China Sea

M Su, K Luo, Y Fang, Z Kuang, C Yang, J Liang… - Ore Geology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fine-grained gas hydrate (GH) reservoirs are extensively studied worldwide, among which
the Shenhu Area (located on the northern slope of the South China Sea) is a world-class GH …

Sea level controls sedimentation and environments in coastal caves and sinkholes

PJ van Hengstum, DB Scott, DR Gröcke, MA Charette - Marine Geology, 2011 - Elsevier
Quaternary climate and sea-level research in coastal karst basins (caves, cenotes,
sinkholes, blueholes, etc.) generally focuses on analyzing isotopes in speleothems, or …

The structure and fault activity of the Makran accretionary prism

G Smith, L McNeill, TJ Henstock… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The Makran Subduction Zone has the highest incoming sediment thickness (up to 7.5 km) of
any subduction zone. These sediments have formed a wide accretionary prism (∼ 400 km) …

Use of a Bayesian Network for storm-induced flood risk assessment and effectiveness of ecosystem-based risk reduction measures in coastal areas (Port of Sur …

M Banan-Dallalian, M Shokatian-Beiragh, A Golshani… - Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract A Bayesian Network (BN) approach is utilized to leverage synthetic datasets to aid
in forecasting onshore hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) measures for Port of Sur …

Coastal boulders as evidence for high-energy waves on the Iranian coast of Makran

M Shah-hosseini, C Morhange, AN Beni, N Marriner… - Marine Geology, 2011 - Elsevier
Coastal boulder deposits attesting to large waves are found along the rocky coast of Makran
(Iran) from Chabahar to Lipar. Boulders are either scattered on the rocky coastal platform or …

New insights into the source of the Makran tsunami of 27 November 1945 from tsunami waveforms and coastal deformation data

M Heidarzadeh, K Satake - Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2015 - Springer
We constrain the source of the 27 November 1945 tsunami in the Makran Subduction Zone
(MSZ) using available tsunami waveforms recorded on tide gauges at Mumbai (India) and …

Sedimentary and foraminiferal evidence of the 2011 Tōhoku-oki tsunami on the Sendai coastal plain, Japan

JE Pilarczyk, BP Horton, RC Witter, CH Vane… - Sedimentary …, 2012 - Elsevier
The 2011 Tōhoku-oki megathrust earthquake (Mw 9.0) generated a tsunami that reached
the Sendai coastal plain with flow heights of~ 2 to 11m above TP (Tokyo Peil). We examined …

Unmixing grain-size distributions in lake sediments: a new method of endmember modeling using hierarchical clustering

X Zhang, A Zhou, X Wang, M Song, Y Zhao… - Quaternary …, 2018 - cambridge.org
The grain-size distribution (GSD) of sediments provides information on sediment
provenance, transport processes, and the sedimentary environment. Although a wide range …

Contrasting storm-versus tsunami-related shell beds in shallow-water ramps

Á Puga-Bernabéu, J Aguirre - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Shell beds are sedimentary features that can potentially provide significant
palaeoenvironmental and sequence stratigraphic information. High-energy events, such as …