Journal article
Tsunami waves generated by the Santorini eruption reached Eastern Mediterranean shores
Abstract
A sedimentary deposit on the continental shelf off Caesarea Maritima, Israel, is identified, dated, and attributed to tsunami waves produced during the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1630–1550 B.C.E.) eruption of Santorini, Greece. The sheet-like deposit was found as a layer as much as 40 cm thick in four cores collected from 10 to 20 m water depths. Particle-size distribution, planar bedding, shell taphoecoensis, dating (radiocarbon, optically …
Authors
Goodman-Tchernov BN; Dey HW; Reinhardt EG; McCoy F; Mart Y
Journal
Geology, Vol. 37, No. 10, pp. 943–946
Publisher
Geological Society of America
Publication Date
October 1, 2009
DOI
10.1130/g25704a.1
ISSN
0091-7613