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  • Open Access
28 Citations
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Multi-Proxy Characterisation of the Storegga Tsunami and Its Impact on the Early Holocene Landscapes of the Southern North Sea

  • Vincent Gaffney,
  • Simon Fitch,
  • Martin Bates,
  • Roselyn L. Ware,
  • Tim Kinnaird,
  • Benjamin Gearey,
  • Tom Hill,
  • Richard Telford,
  • Cathy Batt and
  • Ben Stern
  • + 15 authors

Doggerland was a landmass occupying an area currently covered by the North Sea until marine inundation took place during the mid-Holocene, ultimately separating the British landmass from the rest of Europe. The Storegga Event, which triggered a tsuna...

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  • Open Access
5,288 Views
34 Pages

Possible Indication of the Impact of the Storegga Slide Tsunami on the German North Sea Coast around 8150 cal BP

  • Andreas Vött,
  • Hanna Hadler,
  • Timo Willershäuser,
  • Aron Slabon,
  • Lena Slabon,
  • Hannah Wahlen,
  • Peter Fischer,
  • Friederike Bungenstock,
  • Björn R. Röbke and
  • Manfred Frechen
  • + 2 authors

The Storegga slide tsunami (SST) at ca. 8100 ± 100–250 cal BP is known to be the largest tsunami that affected the North Sea during the entire Holocene. Geological traces of tsunami landfall were discovered along the coasts of Norway, Sc...

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  • Open Access
2,672 Views
23 Pages

6 June 2024

A submarine landslide on the edge of the Norwegian shelf that occurred around 8150 ± 30 cal. years BP triggered a major ocean-wide tsunami, the deposits of which are recorded around the North Atlantic, including Scotland. Ground-penetrating ra...

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  • Open Access
39 Citations
9,008 Views
10 Pages

Giant Submarine Landslide in the South China Sea: Evidence, Causes, and Implications

  • Chaoqi Zhu,
  • Sheng Cheng,
  • Qingping Li,
  • Hongxian Shan,
  • Jing’an Lu,
  • Zhicong Shen,
  • Xiaolei Liu and
  • Yonggang Jia

Submarine landslides can be tremendous in scale. They are one of the most important processes for global sediment fluxes and tsunami generation. However, studies of prodigious submarine landslides remain insufficient. In this review paper, we compile...