About 8.3 ka ago a devastating tsunami flooded the coasts of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea [Pareschi et al., 2006c]. That tsunami was triggered by a landslide from the collapse of the eastern flanks of Mt. Etna volcano (Sicily, Italy), in turn inducing: (1) a scar on volcano slopes, named Valle del Bove, (2) inland deposits (Chiancone and Milo units), dated >7.6–8.3 ka cal B.P. [Calvari and Groppelli, 1996; Calvari et al., 1998], and (3) offshore landslide deposits [Pareschi et al., 2006a]. The tsunami had a large impact, effecting southern Italy, western Greece and North Africa (including Tunisia to Libya, Egypt, southern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Israel. In Israel the tsunami ravaged the Neolithic village of Atlit-Yam, caused the death of villagers and animals, filling a water well and destroying village huts [Pareschi et al., 2006c, 2007]. An early Holocene sea level rise, dated 8,350–8,250 calendar year B.P., matches the timing of the Mt. Etna tsunami, the consequent flooding of coastal areas led to the sudden loss of land favoured by early farmers and initiated an abrupt expansion of activity across Europe [Turney and Brown, 2007].
Pareschi M.T. , Boschi E., Favalli M. (2008). Reply to comment by Luigi Vigliotti on "Lost tsunami". GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 35(2), L02609-L02609 [10.1029/2007GL032386].
Reply to comment by Luigi Vigliotti on "Lost tsunami".
BOSCHI, ENZO;
2008
Abstract
About 8.3 ka ago a devastating tsunami flooded the coasts of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea [Pareschi et al., 2006c]. That tsunami was triggered by a landslide from the collapse of the eastern flanks of Mt. Etna volcano (Sicily, Italy), in turn inducing: (1) a scar on volcano slopes, named Valle del Bove, (2) inland deposits (Chiancone and Milo units), dated >7.6–8.3 ka cal B.P. [Calvari and Groppelli, 1996; Calvari et al., 1998], and (3) offshore landslide deposits [Pareschi et al., 2006a]. The tsunami had a large impact, effecting southern Italy, western Greece and North Africa (including Tunisia to Libya, Egypt, southern Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Israel. In Israel the tsunami ravaged the Neolithic village of Atlit-Yam, caused the death of villagers and animals, filling a water well and destroying village huts [Pareschi et al., 2006c, 2007]. An early Holocene sea level rise, dated 8,350–8,250 calendar year B.P., matches the timing of the Mt. Etna tsunami, the consequent flooding of coastal areas led to the sudden loss of land favoured by early farmers and initiated an abrupt expansion of activity across Europe [Turney and Brown, 2007].I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
