Expanding the footprint of the Storegga tsunami through new evidence from Arctic marine sediments

Abstract The Storegga tsunami, dated to 8150 years ago, disturbed sea floor sediments near its source. Here, we present evidence that sediments as far north as the Kveitehola Trough (75° N) in the NW Barents Sea were affected by the Storegga tsunami. We identified an 18-cm-thick sandy mud unit, char...

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Published in:Scientific Reports
Main Authors: Dhanushka Devendra, Magdalena Łącka, Natalia Szymańska, Hasitha Nethupul, Joanna Pawłowska, Małgorzata Szymczak-Żyła, Magdalena Krajewska, Prasadi De Silva, Stein Bondevik, Steven J. Gibbons, Marek Zajączkowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-10811-7