Characteristics and frequency of large submarine landslides at the western tip of the Gulf of Corinth

Beckers, Arnaud; Hubert-Ferrari, Aurelia; Beck, Christian; Papatheodorou, George; de Batist, Marc; Sakellariou, Dimitris; Tripsanas, Efthymios; Demoulin, Alain

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1411-2018

Articles | Volume 18, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1411-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1411-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 5

Research article

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23 May 2018

Research article |

| 23 May 2018

Characteristics and frequency of large submarine landslides at the western tip of the Gulf of Corinth

Arnaud Beckers, Aurelia Hubert-Ferrari, Christian Beck, George Papatheodorou, Marc de Batist, Dimitris Sakellariou, Efthymios Tripsanas, and Alain Demoulin

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RC1: 'Review/comment nhess-2017-371', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Jan 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to the review of David Tappin', Aurélia Hubert-Ferrari, 05 Mar 2018
- AC2: 'Answer to referee 1', Aurélia Hubert-Ferrari, 05 Mar 2018
RC2: 'Submarine landslides', David Tappin, 14 Feb 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to the review of David Tappin', Aurélia Hubert-Ferrari, 05 Mar 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (12 Mar 2018) by Thomas Glade

AR by Aurélia Hubert-Ferrari on behalf of the Authors (22 Mar 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (30 Mar 2018) by Thomas Glade

AR by Aurélia Hubert-Ferrari on behalf of the Authors (01 May 2018) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

Coastal and submarine landslides occur on average every 30–50 years at the western tip of the Gulf of Corinth. These landslides trigger tsunamis and thus represent a significant hazard. We realized an inventory of the submarine landslide deposits in the western Gulf. Six large events are identified in the last 130 000 years. Such sliding events likely generated large tsunami waves in the whole Gulf of Corinth, possibly larger than those reported in historical sources.