Tsunami hazard assessment in the southern Colombian Pacific basin and a proposal to regenerate a previous barrier island as protection

• Published in: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
• Main Authors: Otero, L. J., Restrepo, J. C., Gonzalez, M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Barrier Island; Guano; Guano Island; Pacific
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1155-2014; https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/14/1155/2014/

In this study, the tsunami hazard posed to 120 000 inhabitants of Tumaco (Colombia) is assessed, and an evaluation and analysis of regenerating the previous El Guano Island for tsunami protection is conducted. El Guano Island was a sandy barrier island in front of the city of Tumaco until its disapp...