Tsunami event identified in a sedimentary record of the Gaza Strip, Palestine

• Autorzy: Ubeid Khalid Fathi

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.24425/sq.2021.136823

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The outcrop of the tsunami deposits, about 6 m thick, is located in the archaeological site Tel Askan in the Al Zhraa locality, southwest of the Gaza City. These deposits are unconformably underlain by sand dunes and sharply overlain by a palaeosol. They are pale gray sands mixed with volcanic ash and fine-grained deposits, and are intercalated with peat, few centimetres thick. The sand-sized grains are well rounded and well sorted, and consist mainly of quartz and subordinate of feldspar. Both macro- and microfossils were observed from tsunami deposits. Additionally, rip-up clasts and pottery shards were observed, indicating higher-flow regime. The potteries in tsunami deposits provide evidence for tsunami inundation at distance of about 1 km from the present shoreline.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

tsunami; sedimentology; pottery shard; rip-up clast; Gaza Strip

• Wydawca: Institute of Geological Science Polish Academy of Science
• Czasopismo: Studia Quaternaria
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 38, Nr 1
• Strony: 43--51
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 60 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Ubeid Khalid Fathi

• Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Al Azhar University-Gaza, P.O. Box 1277, Gaza Strip, Palestine

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9927-6597

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