Palaeotsunamis and their influence on Polynesian settlement

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dc.contributor.authorGoff, JRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorMcFadgen, BGen_AU
dc.contributor.authorChagué-Goff, Cen_AU
dc.contributor.authorNichol, SLen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-20T22:15:37Zen_AU
dc.date.available2014-10-20T22:15:37Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2012-09-01en_AU
dc.date.statistics2014-10-21en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe 11 March 2011 TAhoku-oki tsunami caused widespread devastation to coastal communities in Japan. This event however was merely the latest, yet largest, of several similar occurrences in the Pacific that include the 2007 Solomon Islands, 2009 South Pacific and 2010 Chilean tsunamis. All have had their predecessors, and a growing data base of palaeotsunamis in the Pacific suggests recurrent events comparable with, and of larger magnitude than their recent historical counterparts. Here we show that evidence for regional palaeotsunamis provides an opportunity to re-evaluate hypotheses used to explain the punctuated history of human settlement patterns across the Pacific. In particular, the almost two millennia 'long pause' in eastward migration, and the abandonment of long distance sea-voyaging in the 15th century, may be related to palaeotsunamis, with potential sources including the tectonically active Tonga-Kermadec trench, the Kuwae caldera collapse, and the more distant Pacific-wide Ring of Fire. © 2012, SAGE Publications.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationGoff, J., McFadgen, B. G., Chagué-Goff, C., & Nichol, S. L. (2012). Palaeotsunamis and their influence on Polynesian settlement. Holocene, 22(9), 1067-1069. doi:10.1177/0959683612437873en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc4675en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0959-6836en_AU
dc.identifier.issue9en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleHoloceneen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination1067-1069en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683612437873en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/5936en_AU
dc.identifier.volume22en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltden_AU
dc.subjectQuaternary perioden_AU
dc.subjectTsunamisen_AU
dc.subjectHazardsen_AU
dc.subjectPopulationsen_AU
dc.subjectIslandsen_AU
dc.subjectOceaniaen_AU
dc.titlePalaeotsunamis and their influence on Polynesian settlementen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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