Late Holocene tectonic land-level changes and tsunamis at Mitla lagoon, Guerrero, Mexico

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Main Author: M. T. Ramírez-Herrera
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Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2009
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contents Late Holocene tectonic land-level changes and tsunamis at Mitla lagoon, Guerrero, Mexico M. T. Ramírez-Herrera A. B. Cundy V. Kostoglodov M. Ortiz Ciencias de la Tierra Sea tsunami holocene earthquakes level changes Sedimentological, stratigraphic and geochemical data record abrupt land elevation change, coastal subsidence, and changes in the salinity of Mitla lagoon that may be associated with a tsunami around 3400-3500 yr BP. The observations are supported by microfossil data (pollen, diatoms and phytolith) from other studies on the Guerrero coast. Stratigraphic data indicate an average Late Holocene sedimentation rate of about 1 mm/yr. Short-term sea-level records from 1952 of tide gauge data are compared with expected coseismic coastal deformation, and long-term records of coastal deformation from the sediment record c. 3500 yr BP. Recent large earthquakes in the Central Mexico subduction zone ruptured an area of limited width of about ~60 km, but some prehistoric earthquakes may have ruptured the entire coupled plate interface almost up to the trench, thus generating significant coastal subsidence and possibly a large tsunami. 2009 artículo científico 0016-7169 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56813223003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=568 Geofísica Internacional application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Geofísica Internacional (México) Num.2 Vol.48
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spellingShingle Late Holocene tectonic land-level changes and tsunamis at Mitla lagoon, Guerrero, Mexico
M. T. Ramírez-Herrera
Ciencias de la Tierra
Sea
tsunami
holocene
earthquakes
level changes
Late Holocene tectonic land-level changes and tsunamis at Mitla lagoon, Guerrero, Mexico M. T. Ramírez-Herrera A. B. Cundy V. Kostoglodov M. Ortiz Ciencias de la Tierra Sea tsunami holocene earthquakes level changes Sedimentological, stratigraphic and geochemical data record abrupt land elevation change, coastal subsidence, and changes in the salinity of Mitla lagoon that may be associated with a tsunami around 3400-3500 yr BP. The observations are supported by microfossil data (pollen, diatoms and phytolith) from other studies on the Guerrero coast. Stratigraphic data indicate an average Late Holocene sedimentation rate of about 1 mm/yr. Short-term sea-level records from 1952 of tide gauge data are compared with expected coseismic coastal deformation, and long-term records of coastal deformation from the sediment record c. 3500 yr BP. Recent large earthquakes in the Central Mexico subduction zone ruptured an area of limited width of about ~60 km, but some prehistoric earthquakes may have ruptured the entire coupled plate interface almost up to the trench, thus generating significant coastal subsidence and possibly a large tsunami. 2009 artículo científico 0016-7169 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56813223003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=568 Geofísica Internacional application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Geofísica Internacional (México) Num.2 Vol.48
title Late Holocene tectonic land-level changes and tsunamis at Mitla lagoon, Guerrero, Mexico
topic Ciencias de la Tierra
Sea
tsunami
holocene
earthquakes
level changes
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=56813223003