The Horseshoe Abyssal plain Thrust could be the source of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake and tsunami
The 1755 Great Lisbon earthquake potentially had its source on the Horseshoe Abyssal plain Thrust, southwest of Iberia, according to a comparison of geophysical observations, historical reports and numerical modelling of the tsunami that was generated
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature
2021-07-01
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Series: | Communications Earth & Environment |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00216-5 |