Storegga tsunami deposits in a coastal lake on Suouroy, the Faroe Islands |
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Authors: | MARIANNE GRAUERT,SVANTE BJÖ RCK,STEIN BONDEVIK |
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Affiliation: | (e-mail: ), Geographical Institute, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark;Department of Quaternary Geology, Lund University, Tornavägen 13, SE-223 63 Lund, Sweden;Geological Institute, University of Tromsø, NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway |
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Abstract: | Presumed deposits of the Storegga tsunami have been recognized in a coastal lake situated 4 m a.s.l. on the island of Suðuroy, the Faroe Islands. The stratigraphy in the lake reveals a major erosion and redepositional event. The deposited material ranges from sand and sandy gyttja, with marine shell fragments and foraminifera, to gyttja with rip-up clasts, wood fragments and thin sand layers. Diatom analysis indicates that the deposit contains 5-8% polyhalobous (full marine) species, decreasing to 1-2% in the undisturbed lacustrine gyttja above. The tsunami event was dated to some time between 7300 and 6400 14 C yr BP. Lithostratigraphic profiles in the lake suggest that at least two large waves inundated the basin. The first and largest wave eroded most or all of the sediments previously deposited in the basin. The next wave caused minor erosion of the redeposited material. The waves deposited two generations of sand overlain by organic conglomerates, after which followed a unit of suspension material and normal lacustrine gyttja. |
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