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Comment on “Post‐impact event bed (tsunamite) at the Cretaceous‐Palaeogene boundary deposited on a distal carbonate platform interior”
Author(s) -
Font Eric,
Keller Gerta,
Sanders Diethard,
Adatte Thierry
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
terra nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.353
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-3121
pISSN - 0954-4879
DOI - 10.1111/ter.12282
Subject(s) - geology , humanities , font , art history , art , visual arts
Korbar et al. (2017) report a tsunamite, triggered by the Chicxulub impact on Yucatan, from the Likva Cove carbonate platform of the Island of Brac, Croatia, which is similar to that in an earlier report from the nearby Island of Hvar (Korbar et al., 2015). If true, such deposits in the Adriatic Sea would be truly anomalous given that no tsunamites are identified in well-preserved Cretaceous–Palaeogene (K–Pg) sections from the Basque-Cantabric Basin (Bidart, Zumaia, Hendaye and Sopelana sections), which are located more proximal and towards the hypothetical tsunami wave propagation front. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.