A Third Century AD Extreme Wave Event Identified in a Collapse Faciesof a Public Building in the Roman City of Hispalis (Seville, Spain)

  1. Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Mario 1
  2. Pérez Asensio, José N. 2
  3. Martín Peinado, Francisco José 3
  4. García Vargas, Enrique 4
  5. Tabales, Miguel Ángel 4
  6. Rodríguez Ramírez, Antonio 5
  7. Mayoral Alfaro, Eduardo 5
  8. Goldberg, Paul 6
  1. 1 Universidad de Jaén
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    Universidad de Jaén

    Jaén, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0122p5f64

    Geographic location of the organization Universidad de Jaén
  2. 2 Aix Marseille Université, (CNRS), France
  3. 3 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

    Geographic location of the organization Universidad de Granada
  4. 4 Universidad de Sevilla
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    Universidad de Sevilla

    Sevilla, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03yxnpp24

    Geographic location of the organization Universidad de Sevilla
  5. 5 Universidad de Huelva
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    Universidad de Huelva

    Huelva, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03a1kt624

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  6. 6 University of Tübingen
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    University of Tübingen

    Tubinga, Alemania

    ROR https://ror.org/03a1kwz48

    Geographic location of the organization University of Tübingen
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Book:
Historical Earthquakes,Tsunamis and Archaeology in the Iberian Peninsula
  1. Álvarez Martí-Aguilar, Manuel (coord.)
  2. Machuca Prieto, Francisco (coord.)

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

ISBN: 978-981-19-1978-7,  978-981-19-1979-4

Year of publication: 2022

Pages: 267-311

Type: Book chapter

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Abstract

The southwestern coast of the Iberian Peninsula has been considered a low-probability tsunamigenic area. However, both onshore and offshore studies have characterized the occurrence of several extreme wave events (tsunamis and storm surges) in the Gulf of Cadiz during the Holocene. Among all theevents reported in literature, in recent years the third century AD EWE events are being progressively gaining importance. Sedimentary records of these events are now more evident than previously stated and can be traced in a large regional scale. Some authors have proposed that such events would explain certain abandonment facies in coastal archaeological settlements in the area. In this context, we present a high-energy deposit identified in the suburbs of the Roman city of Hispalis (Seville), in a third century AD context of traumatic collapse of a Roman public building. This paper aims to present the sedimentary structures, bedforms, and features of this deposit in its archaeological context, exploring its possible origin in a combined action of an extreme wave event and fluvial flooding. Also, a critical review of the literature about the third century AD event(s) is done.

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