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Scheffers, Anja ORCID: 0000-0002-9143-5389 and Erdmann, Wibke (2022). Progress in Tsunami Science: Toward an Improved Integration of Hydrodynamical Modeling and Geomorphic Field Evidence. Geosciences, 12 (5). BASEL: MDPI. ISSN 2076-3263

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Abstract

Risks posed by sea-level rise and cyclones are becoming more prevalent along the world's coastlines. In recent years, tsunamis have had devastating impacts on communities in different ocean basins. Although storms and tsunamis can be clearly distinguished when they occur in the present, this does not apply to the past, from which only their traces in the form of sedimentary or geomorphologic features provide clues about their occurrence. Following a short review of research on tsunamis from the last decades, this study uses the example of coastal boulder deposits to highlight where knowledge gaps exist. This report focuses on the spatial distribution of sediment patterns and how these may provide clues to the transport processes. However, the history of these deposits and related sea-level records during the same time span must also be recorded and contextualized. Theoretical modeling results without including these parameters will remain fuzzy, if not inaccurate. This contribution points to the need for consideration of both data and nature's reality (which are complementary and interdependent) in this field.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Scheffers, Anja UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-9143-5389 UNSPECIFIED Erdmann, Wibke UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-666278
DOI:	10.3390/geosciences12050209
Journal or Publication Title:	Geosciences
Volume:	12
Number:	5
Date:	2022
Publisher:	MDPI
Place of Publication:	BASEL
ISSN:	2076-3263
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language EXTREME WAVE EVENTS; SCOTLAND BOULDER TRANSPORT; EMPLACED COARSE DEBRIS; INDIAN-OCEAN TSUNAMI; TOP STORM DEPOSITS; BONAIRE LEEWARD ANTILLES; TOHOKU-OKI TSUNAMI; HIGH-ENERGY; NETHERLANDS-ANTILLES; COASTAL BOULDERS Multiple languages Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/66627