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Evidence for a massive paleo-tsunami at ancient Tel Dor, Israel


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IMAGE: Geoprobe drilling rig extraction of a sediment core with evidence of a tsunami from South Bay, Tel Dor, Israel
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Credit: Photo by T. E. Levy
Underwater excavation, borehole drilling, and modelling suggests a massive paleo-tsunami struck near the ancient settlement of Tel Dor between 9,910 to 9,290 years ago, according to a study published December 23, 2020 in the open-access journal
PLOS ONE by Gilad Shtienberg, Richard Norris and Thomas Levy from the Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology, University of California, San Diego, USA, and colleagues from Utah State University and the University of Haifa.
Tsunamis are a relatively common event along the eastern Mediterranean coastline, with historical records and geographic data showing one tsunami occurring per century for the last six thousand years. The record for earlier tsunami events, however, is less defined. In this study, Shtienberg and colleagues describe a large ear ....

University Of Haifa , H Efa , United States , Scripps Institution Of Oceanography , San Diego , Dead Sea , Israel General , Richard Norris , Ellen Lehman , Marian Scheuer Sofaer , Gilad Shtienberg , Charles Kennel , Alang Lehman , Margaret Meyer , Thomas Levy , Reuben Kershaw Family Foundation , University Of California , Utah State University , Koret Foundation Grant , Israel Institute Washington , Israel Science Foundation Grant , Janea Lehman Foundation , Qualcomm Institute , Scripps Center , Abraham Sofaer Foundation , Israel Initiative ,