Publication Date:
2017-07-20
Description:
Highly variable recurrence of tsunamis in the 7,400 years before the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami Nature Communications, Published online: 19 July 2017; doi:10.1038/ncomms16019 Tsunamis can be an extremely hazardous event, but understanding their occurrence through past records remains challenging. Here, the authors document tsunami occurrence from a 7,400 year old record of tsunami deposits in a cave in Indonesia, helping us to reconstruct the frequency of earthquakes in the region.
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics