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Boulder accumulations related to extreme wave events on the eastern coast of Malta
Sara Biolchi
Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze, Università di Trieste, Via Weiss 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy
Stefano Furlani
Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze, Università di Trieste, Via Weiss 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy
Fabrizio Antonioli
ENEA, UTMEA, Casaccia, Rome, Italy
Niccoló Baldassini
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Sezione Scienze della Terra, Università di Catania, Corso Italia 57, 95129 Catania, Italy
Joanna Causon Deguara
Department of Geography, University of Malta, 2080 Msida, Malta
Stefano Devoto
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Dipartimento di Matematica e Geoscienze, Università di Trieste, Via Weiss 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy
Agata Di Stefano
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Sezione Scienze della Terra, Università di Catania, Corso Italia 57, 95129 Catania, Italy
Julian Evans
Department of Biology, University of Malta, 2080 Msida, Malta
Timothy Gambin
Department of Classics and Archaeology, Archaeology Centre, University of Malta, 2080 Msida, Malta
Ritienne Gauci
Department of Geography, University of Malta, 2080 Msida, Malta
Giuseppe Mastronuzzi
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali, Via Orabona 4, Università di Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy
Carmelo Monaco
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Sezione Scienze della Terra, Università di Catania, Corso Italia 57, 95129 Catania, Italy
Giovanni Scicchitano
Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Sezione Scienze della Terra, Università di Catania, Corso Italia 57, 95129 Catania, Italy
Studio Geologi Associati T. S. T., Via Galliano 157, Misterbianco (Ct), Italy
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Along the eastern coast of Malta, the processes responsible for the transport of anomalous large boulders from the sea to the coast were analysed. The wave heights required to transport them from the sea to the coast were estimated using a hydrodynamic approach, while AMS 14C ages were determined from encrusted marine organisms. The combination of the results suggests that the majority of boulders were detached and moved by storm waves, but the occurrence of past tsunamis cannot be ruled out.
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