RT Journal Article
T1 Sedimentological and geomorphological imprints of Holocene tsunamis in southwestern Spain : an approach to establish the recurrence period
A1 Ruiz Muñoz, Francisco
A1 Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín
A1 Abad de los Santos, Manuel
A1 Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel
A1 Carretero León, María Isabel
A1 Pozo Rodríguez, Manuel
A1 Rodríguez Llanes, J. M.
A1 Gómez Toscano, Francisco
A1 Izquierdo, Tatiana
A1 Font, Eric
A1 Toscano Grande, Antonio
AB This paper reviews the sedimentological and geomorphological imprints of prehistoric and historical tsunamis in the four main estuaries of SW Spain. These imprints include beach erosion, filling of intertidal channels, deposition of bioclastic layers, washover fans and reworked aeolian sheets and the breaching of spits and tombolos. Most of these imprints were caused by the 218–209 BC and AD 1755 tsunamis, although evidence of other tsunamis has been identified. In these two events, effects on human populations were severe and diverse, such as human loss of life, changes in coastal settlements and international borders, damage to port infrastructure or flooding of marsh and inhabited areas. New radiocarbon reservoir data were included in order to obtain an approach to the recurrence period of these high-energy events (700–1000 years) in this area.
PB Elsevier
SN 0169-555X
SN 1872-695X (electrónico)
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/9993
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/9993
LA eng
NO Ruiz Muñoz, F., Rodríguez Vidal, J., Abad de los Santos, M., Cáceres Puro, L.M., Carretero, M.I., Pozo, M., Rodríguez Llanes, J.M., Gómez Toscano, F., Izquierdo, T., Font, E., Toscano Grande, A.:"Sedimentological and geomorphological imprints of Holocene tsunamisin southwestern Spain: An approach to establish the recurrence period". Geom orphology. Vol. 203 (2013), págs. 97–104. ISSN 169-555X
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 15 jun 2026