Historical and pre-historical tsunamis in the Mediterranean and its connected seas: Geological signatures, generation mechanisms and coastal impacts

2014/05/05 by Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos, Eulália Gràcia, Eulàlia Gràcia +23 · 191 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Archaeology #Continental margin #Geography #Geological and Geochemical Analysis #Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide #Geology #Landslide #Mediterranean climate #Mediterranean sea #Oceanography #Paleontology #Seismology #Structural basin #Subduction #Submarine landslide #Submarine pipeline #Tectonics #earthquake and tectonic studies

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2014.04.014

published in Marine Geology 354, 81-109 (Elsevier BV)

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