Propagation of the Storegga tsunami into ice‐free lakes along the southern shores of the Barents Sea |
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| Authors: | Anders Romundset Stein Bondevik |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geology, University of Troms?, Troms?, Norway;2. Sogn og Fjordane University College, Sogndal, Norway |
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| Abstract: | Deposits in coastal lakes in northernmost Norway reveal that the Storegga tsunami propagated well into the Barents Sea ca. 8100–8200 years ago. A tsunami deposit – found in cores from five coastal lakes located near the North Cape in Finnmark – rests on an erosional unconformity and consists of graded sand layers and re‐deposited organic remains. Rip‐up clasts of lake mud, peat and soil suggest strong erosion of the lake floor and neighbouring land. Inundation reached at least 500 m inland and minimum vertical run‐up has been reconstructed to 3–4 m. In this part of the Arctic coastal lakes are usually covered by >1 m of solid lake ice in winter. The significant erosion and deposition of rip‐up clasts indicate that the lakes were ice free and that the ground was probably not frozen. We suggest that the Storegga slide and ensuing tsunami happened sometime in the summer season, between April and October. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | Storegga tsunami deposits coastal lakes Barents Sea Holocene |
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