Field Survey of the 2018 Sulawesi Tsunami Deposits

On 28 September 2018, a Mw 7.5 earthquake struck Sulawesi Island, soon followed by a destructive tsunami. This study provides a case history of tsunami deposition where submarine landslides or coastal collapses have contributed to and intensified tsunami generation. The sedimentary features resultin...

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Published in:Pure and applied geophysics 2019-06, Vol.176 (6), p.2203-2213
Main Authors: Putra, Purna Sulastya, Aswan, Aswan, Maryunani, Khoiril Anwar, Yulianto, Eko, Kongko, Widjo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coastal environments
Collapse
Deposits
Distance
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Earthquakes
Flooding
Geophysics/Geodesy
Height
Landslides
Mathematical models
Modelling
Sediment transport
Sedimentary structures
Seismic activity
Sulawesi/Palu-2018 and Anak/Krakatau-2018
Surveying
Tsunami generation
Tsunamis
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Summary:On 28 September 2018, a Mw 7.5 earthquake struck Sulawesi Island, soon followed by a destructive tsunami. This study provides a case history of tsunami deposition where submarine landslides or coastal collapses have contributed to and intensified tsunami generation. The sedimentary features resulting from this complex tsunami mechanism are not yet well understood. We surveyed tsunami deposits at six locations along the coastline of Palu Bay, in addition to measuring tsunami flow depth, run-up height, and inundation distance at each site. In general, the tsunami height was less than 8 m with a maximum inundation distance of 310 m. The tsunami deposits are thin with simple sedimentary structures such as fining upward sequences. These sedimentary characteristics are typical of tsunami deposits elsewhere around the world. This work is a preliminary study, in that numerical modeling including sediment transport has not been performed. Further work is needed to distinguish tsunamis with different source mechanisms.
ISSN:0033-4553
1420-9136
DOI:10.1007/s00024-019-02181-9