Palaeotsunamis in the Pacific Islands

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dc.contributor.authorGoff, JRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorChagué-Goff, Cen_AU
dc.contributor.authorDominey-Howes, Den_AU
dc.contributor.authorMcAdoo, Ben_AU
dc.contributor.authorCronin, Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorBonté-Grapetin, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorNichol, SLen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHorrocks, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorCisternas, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorLamarche, Gen_AU
dc.contributor.authorPelletier, Ben_AU
dc.contributor.authorJaffe, BEen_AU
dc.contributor.authorDudley, Wen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-12T03:39:55Zen_AU
dc.date.available2012-01-12T03:39:55Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2011-07-01en_AU
dc.date.statistics2011-01-12en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe recent 29 September 2009 South Pacific and 27 February 2010 Chilean events are a graphic reminder that the tsunami hazard and risk for the Pacific Ocean region should not be forgotten. Pacific Islands Countries (PICs) generally have short ( < 150 years) historic records, which means that to understand their tsunami hazard and risk researchers must study evidence for prehistoric events. However, our current state of knowledge of palaeotsunamis in PICs as opposed to their circum-Pacific counterparts is minimal at best. We briefly outline the limited extent of our current knowledge and propose an innovative methodology for future research in the Pacific. Each PLC represents a point source of information in the Pacific Ocean and this would allow their palaeotsunami records to be treated akin to palaeo-DART (R) (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis) buoys. Contemporaneous palaeotsunamis from local, regional and distant sources could be identified by using the spatial distribution of island records throughout the Pacific Ocean in conjunction with robust event chronologies. This would be highly innovative and, more importantly, would help provide the building blocks necessary to achieve more meaningful disaster risk reduction for PICs. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationGoff, J., Chague-Goff, C., Dominey-Howes, D., McAdoo, B., Cronin, S., Bonte-Grapetin, M., Nichol, S., Horrocks, M., Cisternas, M. Lamarche, G., Pelletier, B., Jaffe, B., & Dudley, W. (2011). Palaeotsunamis in the Pacific Islands. Earth-Science Reviews, 107(1-2, Sl), 141-146. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.10.005en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc3900en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0012-8252en_AU
dc.identifier.issue1-2, SIen_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleEarth-Science Reviewsen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination141-146en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.10.005en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/3987en_AU
dc.identifier.volume107en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherElsevieren_AU
dc.subjectOceaniaen_AU
dc.subjectTsunamisen_AU
dc.subjectHazardsen_AU
dc.subjectBuoysen_AU
dc.subjectBuilding materialsen_AU
dc.subjectSpatial distributionen_AU
dc.titlePalaeotsunamis in the Pacific Islandsen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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