Geoscientific data indicate Storegga slide tsunami impact on the southeastern German North Sea coast ...

• Main Authors: Vött, Andreas, Frechen, Manfred, Sirocko, Frank
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: PANGAEA 2024
• Subjects: Eiderstedt Peninsula; Germany; North Sea; Storegga Slide Tsunami; Gar’; Norway; Storegga; Faroes
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.960318; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.960318

The Storegga slide tsunami (SST) at ca. 8100 ± 100-250 cal BP is known to be the largest tsunami that affected the North Sea during the entire Holocene. Geological traces of tsunami landfall were discovered along the coasts of Norway, Scotland, England, Denmark, the Faroes and Shetland Islands. So f...