TY - JOUR T1 - Sedimentological and geomorphological imprints of Holocene tsunamis in southwestern Spain: An approach to establish the recurrence period JF - Continental Shelf Drowned Landscapes (INQUA-CMP and IGCP-526) Y1 - 2013 A1 - Ruiz, Francisco A1 - Rodríguez-Vidal, Joaquín A1 - Abad, Manuel A1 - Cáceres, Luis M. A1 - Carretero, María I. A1 - Pozo, Manuel A1 - Rodríguez-Llanes, José M. A1 - Gómez-Toscano, Francisco A1 - Izquierdo, Tatiana A1 - Font, Eric A1 - Toscano, Antonio AB - This paper reviews the sedimentological and geomorphological imprints of prehistoric and historical tsunamis in the four main estuaries of SW Spain. These imprints include beach erosion, filling of intertidal channels, deposition of bioclastic layers, washover fans and reworked aeolian sheets and the breaching of spits and tombolos. Most of these imprints were caused by the 218–209 BC and AD 1755 tsunamis, although evidence of other tsunamis has been identified. In these two events, effects on human populations were severe and diverse, such as human loss of life, changes in coastal settlements and international borders, damage to port infrastructure or flooding of marsh and inhabited areas. New radiocarbon reservoir data were included in order to obtain an approach to the recurrence period of these high-energy events (700–1000 years) in this area. VL - 203 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169555X13004650 JO - Sedimentological and geomorphological imprints of Holocene tsunamis in southwestern Spain: An approach to establish the recurrence period ER -