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Author(s) -
Pareschi Maria Teresa,
Boschi Enzo,
Favalli Massimiliano
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2007gl032386
Subject(s) - sapropel , geology , holocene , landslide , volcano , oceanography , flooding (psychology) , mediterranean climate , tephra , physical geography , archaeology , geochemistry , geography , geomorphology , psychology , psychotherapist
] About 8.3 ka ago a devastating tsunami flooded thecoasts of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea [Pareschi et al.,2006c]. That tsunami was triggered by a landslide from thecollapse of the eastern flanks of Mt. Etna volcano (Sicily,Italy), in turn inducing: (1) a scar on volcano slopes, namedValle del Bove, (2) inland deposits (Chiancone and Milounits), dated >7.6–8.3 ka cal B.P. [Calvari and Groppelli,1996; Calvari et al.,1998],and(3)offshorelandslidedeposits [Pareschi et al., 2006a]. The tsunami had a largeimpact, effecting southern Italy, western Greece and NorthAfrica (including Tunisia to Libya, Egypt, southern Turkey,Syria, Lebanon and Israel. In Israel the tsunami ravaged theNeolithic village of Atlit-Yam, caused the death of villagersand animals, filling a water well and destroying village huts[Pareschi et al., 2006c, 2007]. An early Holocene sea levelrise, dated 8,350–8,250 calendar year B.P., matches thetiming of the Mt. Etna tsunami, the consequent flooding ofcoastal areas led to the sudden loss of land favoured byearly farmers and initiated an abrupt expansion of activityacross Europe [Turney and Brown, 2007].[