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San Pedro, Laurine; Babonneau, Nathalie; Gutscher, M. -a.; Cattaneo, Antonio. |
In the Ionian Sea (Central Mediterranean Sea), several thick acoustically transparent layers are present including the Augias deposit. The Augias deposit is the most recent, thick layer covering the entire floor of the Ionian Abyssal Plain with an average thickness of 10–12 m and a maximum thickness of up to 24 m in the Sirte Abyssal Plain. This deposit has also been observed in several adjacent smaller basins in waters deeper than 3000 m. Its estimated volume is > 65 km3. There are multiple plausible hypotheses regarding its age and triggering event, which include the 1600 BC Santorini volcanic caldera collapse, the 365 AD Crete M 8.5 earthquake and other smaller earthquakes such as the 374 AD Calabria M 6.3 earthquake and the 361 AD Sicily M 6.6... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Submarine paleoseismology; Ionian Sea; Homogenite; Megaturbidite; Augias deposit. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00334/44496/44185.pdf |
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