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A Holocene tsunami deposit in eastern Scotland
Author(s) -
Long David,
Smith David E.,
Dawson Alastair G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of quaternary science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.142
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1099-1417
pISSN - 0267-8179
DOI - 10.1002/jqs.3390040107
Subject(s) - geology , holocene , tsunami wave , norwegian , geomorphology , oceanography , continental shelf , seismology , physical geography , archaeology , paleontology , geography , linguistics , philosophy
A thin, regionally extensive, laterally persistent sand layer identified within the Holocene coastal sequences of eastern Scotland, dated to 7000 years BP, is suggested to be a tsunami deposit. The likely source of the tsunami wave is the earthquake induced second Storegga Slide on the Norwegian continental slope at least 750 km northeast of the deposit.