Journal article
Offshore Evidence for an Undocumented Tsunami Event in the ‘Low Risk’ Gulf of Aqaba-Eilat, Northern Red Sea
Abstract
Although the Gulf of Aqaba-Eilat is located in the tectonically active northern Red Sea, it has been described as low-risk with regard to tsunami activity because there are no modern records of damaging tsunami events and only one tsunami (1068 AD) referred to in historical records. However, this assessment may be poorly informed given that the area was formed by and is located along the seismically active Dead Sea Fault, its population is …
Authors
Tchernov BG; Katz T; Shaked Y; Qupty N; Kanari M; Niemi T; Agnon A
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 11, No. 1,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0145802
ISSN
1932-6203