Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 18, issue 8
Articles | Volume 18, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2203-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-2203-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 8
Research article
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17 Aug 2018
Research article |  | 17 Aug 2018

Paleotsunami deposits along the coast of Egypt correlate with historical earthquake records of eastern Mediterranean

Asem Salama, Mustapha Meghraoui, Mohamed El Gabry, Said Maouche, Moussa Hesham Hussein, and Ibrahim Korrat

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We study the sedimentary record of past tsunamis along the coastal area west of Alexandria (northwestern Egypt), taking into account the occurrence of major historical earthquakes in the eastern Mediterranean. Dated charcoal and shell in sedimentary units allow the correlation with the 1870 (Mw 7.5), 1303 (Mw ~8) and 365 (Mw ~8) large tsunamigenic earthquakes. Our results point out the size and recurrence of past tsunamis and related hazards on the Egyptian coastline and eastern Mediterranean.
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