Multiple late-Holocene tsunami landfall in the eastern Gulf of Corinth recorded in the palaeotsunami geo-archive at Lechaion, harbour of ancient Corinth (Peloponnese, Greece)

Reconstructing and modeling of paleotsunami events. Multi-proxy approaches, geophysical studies, numerical simulations

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

HADLER, H.

Inst. of Geography, Johannes-Gutenberg Univ., Mainz, Allemagne

VÖTT, A.

Inst. of Geography, Johannes-Gutenberg Univ., Mainz, Allemagne

KOSTER, B.

Neotectonics and Natural Hazards Group, RWTH, Univ., Aachen, Allemagne

MATHES-SCHMIDT, M.

Neotectonics and Natural Hazards Group, RWTH, Univ., Aachen, Allemagne

MATTERN, T.

Fac. of Classical Archaeology, Univ., Trier, Allemagne

NTAGERETZIS, K.

Inst. of Geography, Johannes-Gutenberg Univ., Mainz, Allemagne

REICHERTER, K.

Neotectonics and Natural Hazards Group, RWTH, Univ., Aachen, Allemagne

WILLERSHÄUSER, T.

Inst. of Geography, Johannes-Gutenberg Univ., Mainz, Allemagne

VÖTT, A.

Natural Hazard Research and Geoarcheology, Inst. for Geography, Johannes Gutenberg Univ., Mainz, Allemagne

REICHERTER, K.

Inst. of Neotectonics and Natural Hazards, RWTH Univ., Aachen, Allemagne

PAPANIKOLAOU, I.

Lab. of Mineralogy and Geology, Dept. of Geological Sciences and Atmospheric Environment, Agricultural Univ., Athens, Grece

Description :
In this paper, the AA. present geomorphological and geo-scientific evidence of repeated tsunami impact on Lechaion, the harbour of ancient Corinth and adjacent coastal zones of the Gulf of Corinth. Geomorphological, sedimentological, geoarchaeological, geochemical and microfaunal studies as well as geophysical methods revealed evidence of multiple palaeotsunami landfall at the harbour site and surrounding coastal area. Tsunami signatures include coarse-grained, sandy to gravelly allochthonous marine sediments intersecting silt-dominated quiescent harbour deposits, geo-archaeological destruction layers as well as extensive units of beachrock-type calcarenitic tsunamites. A local event-geochronostratigraphy was established by radiocarbon dating and geoarchaeological findings.

Type de document :
Article de monographie

Source :
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, issn : 0372-8854, 2013, vol. 57, n°. 4, Supl., p. 139-180, nombre de pages : 42, Références bibliographiques : 6 p.

Date :
2013

Editeur :
Pays édition : Allemagne, Stuttgart, Gebruder Borntraeger

Langue :
Anglais