Tsunami deposits are the primary source of information on (past) large tsunami events and
thereby are crucial for accurate hazard assessments. Tsunami deposits studies have …

Coasts worldwide experience considerable population pressure and the demand for reliable
hazard management, such as of tsunamis, increases. Tsunami hazard assessment requires …

Triggers for liquefaction-induced soft-sediment deformation structures in sands include
seismic shaking, effects of water waves, rapid sediment accumulation and groundwater …

Most of the 16 papers in this special issue were presented at a session entitled “The
recognition of trigger mechanisms for soft-sediment deformation” at the 27th IAS Meeting of …

Soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDS) have been the focus of attention for over 150
years. Existing unconstrained definitions allow one to classify a wide range of features under …

The Late Bronze Age Thera eruption was one of the largest natural disasters witnessed in
human history. Its impact, consequences, and timing have dominated the discourse of …

Abstract The Indian Ocean tsunami flooded the coastal zone of the Andaman Sea and left
tsunami deposits with a thickness of a few millimetres to tens of centimetres over a roughly …

The most immediate effects of the terminal-Cretaceous Chicxulub impact, essential to
understanding the global-scale environmental and biotic collapses that mark the Cretaceous …

There has been a lively debate since the 1980s on distinguishing between paleo-tsunami
deposits and paleo-cyclone deposits using sedimentological criteria. Tsunami waves not …

The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011, had magnitude of
9.0 on the Richter Scale with the epicenter approximately 70 km east of the Oshika …