In the wake of the wake. An investigation of the impact of the Storegga tsunami on the human settlement of inner Varangerfjord, northern Norway
Accepted manuscript version, licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Published version available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.05.050. The Storegga tsunami (8175-8120 cal. BP, Bondevik et al., 2012) has often been described as a catastrophe spelling major disaster and demographic decline for the people...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/14605 2023-05-15T16:13:45+02:00 In the wake of the wake. An investigation of the impact of the Storegga tsunami on the human settlement of inner Varangerfjord, northern Norway Blankholm, Hans Peter 2018-06-02 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/14605 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.05.050 eng eng Elsevier Quaternary International info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/SAMKUL/246899/Norway/Joint research on human and natural adaptation to changing climates and environments in the High North by proxy data (Joint Proxies)// Blankholm, H.P. (2018). In the wake of the wake. An investigation of the impact of the Storegga tsunami on the human settlement of inner Varangerfjord, northern Norway. Quaternary International https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.05.050 FRIDAID 1606695 doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2018.05.050 1040-6182 1873-4553 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/14605 openAccess Storegga tsunami 8200 cal. BP cold event Hunter-Fisher-gatherer resilience Northern Norway VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed 2018 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.05.050 2021-06-25T17:56:19Z Accepted manuscript version, licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Published version available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.05.050. The Storegga tsunami (8175-8120 cal. BP, Bondevik et al., 2012) has often been described as a catastrophe spelling major disaster and demographic decline for the people in the danger zone. More nuance is needed if we are to understand the effects. Most studies have had a supra-regional or regional character; less effort seems to have put into studies at the sub-regional level. The Norwegian coast, for example, is a topographic, bathymetric and environmental mosaic and the sub-regional and local effects must surely have been different. This paper discusses the possible effects of the Storegga tsunami on the human settlement of inner Varangerfjord in northern Norway some 2000 km from the point of origin. Central to the discussion are the questions of: a) actual presence of people at the time of the event, b) safe altitudes above sea-level for settlement, c) the geological record and the compounding effects of the Tapes transgression, d) the archaeological record, and e) the combined effects of the Storegga tsunami and the 8200 cal. BP cold event and hunter-fisher-gatherer resilience. It is concluded that 1) the vertical run-up of the Storegga tsunami in inner Varangerfjord probably was 2 m or less, 2) the impact of the 8200 cal. BP cold event on the ecology of Finnmark was relatively weak, and 3) the combined effect of both on human life probably was minor given a high degree of resilience among the population. Article in Journal/Newspaper Finnmark Northern Norway Varangerfjord Varangerfjord* Finnmark University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway Storegga ENVELOPE(18.251,18.251,68.645,68.645) Quaternary International 549 65 73 |
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Storegga tsunami 8200 cal. BP cold event Hunter-Fisher-gatherer resilience Northern Norway VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450 VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Geofag: 450 Blankholm, Hans Peter In the wake of the wake. An investigation of the impact of the Storegga tsunami on the human settlement of inner Varangerfjord, northern Norway |
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Accepted manuscript version, licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Published version available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.05.050. The Storegga tsunami (8175-8120 cal. BP, Bondevik et al., 2012) has often been described as a catastrophe spelling major disaster and demographic decline for the people in the danger zone. More nuance is needed if we are to understand the effects. Most studies have had a supra-regional or regional character; less effort seems to have put into studies at the sub-regional level. The Norwegian coast, for example, is a topographic, bathymetric and environmental mosaic and the sub-regional and local effects must surely have been different. This paper discusses the possible effects of the Storegga tsunami on the human settlement of inner Varangerfjord in northern Norway some 2000 km from the point of origin. Central to the discussion are the questions of: a) actual presence of people at the time of the event, b) safe altitudes above sea-level for settlement, c) the geological record and the compounding effects of the Tapes transgression, d) the archaeological record, and e) the combined effects of the Storegga tsunami and the 8200 cal. BP cold event and hunter-fisher-gatherer resilience. It is concluded that 1) the vertical run-up of the Storegga tsunami in inner Varangerfjord probably was 2 m or less, 2) the impact of the 8200 cal. BP cold event on the ecology of Finnmark was relatively weak, and 3) the combined effect of both on human life probably was minor given a high degree of resilience among the population. |
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In the wake of the wake. An investigation of the impact of the Storegga tsunami on the human settlement of inner Varangerfjord, northern Norway |
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In the wake of the wake. An investigation of the impact of the Storegga tsunami on the human settlement of inner Varangerfjord, northern Norway |
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In the wake of the wake. An investigation of the impact of the Storegga tsunami on the human settlement of inner Varangerfjord, northern Norway |
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Quaternary International info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/SAMKUL/246899/Norway/Joint research on human and natural adaptation to changing climates and environments in the High North by proxy data (Joint Proxies)// Blankholm, H.P. (2018). In the wake of the wake. An investigation of the impact of the Storegga tsunami on the human settlement of inner Varangerfjord, northern Norway. Quaternary International https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.05.050 FRIDAID 1606695 doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2018.05.050 1040-6182 1873-4553 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/14605 |
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