Extreme storms during the last 6500 years from lagoonal sedimentary  archives in the Mar Menor (SE Spain)

Dezileau, Laurent; Pérez-Ruzafa, Angel; Blanchemanche, Philippe; Degeai, Jean-Philippe; Raji, Otmane; Martinez, Philippe; Marcos, Concepcion; Von Grafenstein, Ulrich

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1389-2016

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28 Jun 2016

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| 28 Jun 2016

Extreme storms during the last 6500 years from lagoonal sedimentary archives in the Mar Menor (SE Spain)

Laurent Dezileau, Angel Pérez-Ruzafa, Philippe Blanchemanche, Jean-Philippe Degeai, Otmane Raji, Philippe Martinez, Concepcion Marcos, and Ulrich Von Grafenstein

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RC1: 'RC on Extreme storms during the last 6,500 years from lagoonal sedimentary archives in Mar Menor (SE SPAIN)', Suzanne Leroy, 07 Mar 2016
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RC2: 'review CP-2016-20', Stella Kortekaas, 04 Apr 2016
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Amongst the most devastating marine catastrophes that can occur in coastal areas are storms and tsunamis, which may seriously endanger human society. In a sediment core from the Mar Menor (SE Spain), we discovered eight coarse-grained layers which document marine incursions during periods of intense storm activity or tsunami events. These periods of surge events seem to coincide with the coldest periods in Europe during the late Holocene, suggesting a control by a climatic mechanism.