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Catastrophic event recorded among Holocene eolianites (Sidi Salem Formation, SE Tunisia)

Published inSedimentary geology, vol. 224, no. 1-4, p. 38-48
Publication date2010
Abstract

A high-energy deposit cuts through the early Holocene eolianites of the Sidi Salem Formation which forms a ridge along the southeastern coast of Tunisia. The sedimentary structures as well as the paleo-altitude and paleo-location of the outcrop state for a subaqueous deposition by an unusually large catastrophic event. Regarding its age and the related uncertainties, it could be either an exceptional storm, or a landslide or impact triggered tsunami. The mega-tsunami of the 8000 BP collapse of the Valle del Bove valley (Etna Volcano) could be this event, for its matching age and calculated run-up height.

Keywords
  • Eolianite
  • Holocene
  • Tunisia
  • Overwash
  • Eolianite
  • Tsunamite
  • Storm
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FREBOURG, Grégory, HASLER, Claude-Alain, DAVAUD, Eric Jean. Catastrophic event recorded among Holocene eolianites (Sidi Salem Formation, SE Tunisia). In: Sedimentary geology, 2010, vol. 224, n° 1-4, p. 38–48. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2009.12.006
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