Evidence for historic coastal high-energy wave impact (tsunami?) In North Wales, United Kingdom

• Main Authors: Haslett, S., Bryant, Edward A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Online 2007
• Subjects: tsunami; North Wales; boulder transport; legends; Life Sciences; Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Rockall Trough; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://ro.uow.edu.au/scipapers/87; https://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1091&context=scipapers

Understanding the contribution of high-energy events (e.g. storms, tsunami) to coastal evolution is currently much debated. Field investigations in North Wales on Anglesey and the Lleyn Peninsula have identified four sites where imbricated boulder trains occur that are discriminators of wave charact...