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Tsunami Stratigraphy in a Salt Pond on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

Russell, Paul
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524156328491204

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2018, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Earth Sciences.
Tsunamis pose a major threat to human health and safety in the Caribbean and coastal communities around the world. In order to constrain the recurrence interval of these natural disasters and help build resilience, sedimentary deposits from both paleotsunamis and those in the historical record must be identified and examined. Preservation of tsunami deposits is often poor, but coastal salt ponds, a common occurrence in the Caribbean, have been recognized as having the potential to capture tsunamites. This study examined <1m cores from the West End Salt Pond on the island of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands for evidence of inundation events. One deposit that showed several characteristics of an inundation event and was present in multiple locations across the pond was identified, and interpreted as having originated from the 1867 Virgin Island Tsunami. Deeper cores may reveal deposits from other tsunamis that have been identified in the region.
Derek Sawyer (Committee Member)
Audrey Sawyer (Committee Member)
Matthew Saltzman (Committee Member)
43 p.
Geology; Sedimentary Geology
Tsunamis; Earth Science; Holocene; Straitigraphy; Salt Ponds; Hurricanes; St Croix; US Virgin Islands; Sedimentary Geology

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  • Russell, P. (2018). Tsunami Stratigraphy in a Salt Pond on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524156328491204

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Russell, Paul. Tsunami Stratigraphy in a Salt Pond on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. 2018. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524156328491204.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Russell, Paul. "Tsunami Stratigraphy in a Salt Pond on St. Croix, US Virgin Islands." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1524156328491204

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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