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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
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Research article
| 
17 Aug 2018
Research article |
| 17 Aug 2018
| 17 Aug 2018
Paleotsunami deposits along the coast of Egypt correlate with historical earthquake records of eastern Mediterranean
Asem Salama
EOST-Institut de Physique du Globe – CNRS – UMR 7516, Strasbourg,
France
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, 11421 Helwan,
Egypt
North Africa Group for Earthquake and Tsunami Studies (NAGET), Ne t40/OEA
ICTP, Italy
Mustapha Meghraoui
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
EOST-Institut de Physique du Globe – CNRS – UMR 7516, Strasbourg,
France
North Africa Group for Earthquake and Tsunami Studies (NAGET), Ne t40/OEA
ICTP, Italy
Mohamed El Gabry
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, 11421 Helwan,
Egypt
North Africa Group for Earthquake and Tsunami Studies (NAGET), Ne t40/OEA
ICTP, Italy
Said Maouche
Centre Recherche Astronomie Astrophysique et Géophysique,
Bouzareah, Algeria
North Africa Group for Earthquake and Tsunami Studies (NAGET), Ne t40/OEA
ICTP, Italy
Moussa Hesham Hussein
National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, 11421 Helwan,
Egypt
North Africa Group for Earthquake and Tsunami Studies (NAGET), Ne t40/OEA
ICTP, Italy
Ibrahim Korrat
Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
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Short summary
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.
We study the sedimentary record of past tsunamis along the coastal area west of Alexandria...
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