Highly variable recurrence of tsunamis in the 7,400 years before the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

oleh: Charles M. Rubin, Benjamin P. Horton, Kerry Sieh, Jessica E. Pilarczyk, Patrick Daly, Nazli Ismail, Andrew C. Parnell

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-07-01

Deskripsi

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.