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dc.contributor.author | Mueller, Christof | - |
dc.contributor.author | Micallef, Aaron | - |
dc.contributor.author | Spatola, Daniele | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, Xiaoming | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-04-07T05:07:32Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-04-07T05:07:32Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Mueller, C., Micallef, A., Spatola, D., & Wang, X. (2020). The tsunami inundation hazard of the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean Sea): A submarine landslide and earthquake tsunami scenario study. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 177(3), 1617-1638. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/93125 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The tsunami hazard for the Maltese Islands is poorly defined, and historic records are available for only two recent events. Most of the population and touristic infrastructure of the archipelago is concentrated along the eastern low-lying coastline, which is exposed to tsunamis from near-field and far-field sources. In this study we present a scenario-based tsunami inundation study to assess the impact of potential significant cases. We simulated four scenarios—two submarine landslide sources (outer Malta Plateau slide and Gela Basin slide) and two earthquake sources mimicking events comparable to the 365 A.D. western Hellenic Arc event and the 1693 south-east of Sicily event. We find that all scenarios cause inundation in densely populated low-lying bays or rias of Mellieha Bay, Xemxija, Salini, Gzira, Msida, Marsaskala, St Thomas Bay, Marsaxlokk and Birzebbuga. The largest inundation extents and flow depths ([10 m) are produced by the two land- slide sources and the western Hellenic Arc earthquake. Of interest is the role of the Malta Escarpment and Sicily in amplifying and reflecting tsunami waves, and in generating consistent hot spots along the eastern coastline of Malta. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Springer Nature Switzerland AG | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Tsunamis -- Risk assessment -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Natural disasters -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Earthquakes -- Risk assessment -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Landslides -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Marine sediments -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Emergency management -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Tsunami hazard zones -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | The tsunami inundation hazard of the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean Sea) : a submarine landslide and earthquake tsunami scenario study | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s00024-019-02388-w | - |
dc.publication.title | Pure and Applied Geophysics | en_GB |
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