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Arctic tsunamis threaten coastal landscapes and communities – survey of Karrat Isfjord 2017 tsunami effects in Nuugaatsiaq, western Greenland / Mateusz C. Strzelecki in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, vol 20 n° 9 (September 2020)  

Public [article]  inNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences > vol 20 n° 9 (September 2020) . - pp 2521 - 2534 Titre : Arctic tsunamis threaten coastal landscapes and communities – survey of Karrat Isfjord 2017 tsunami effects in Nuugaatsiaq, western Greenland Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Mateusz C. Strzelecki, Auteur ; Marek W. Jaskólski, Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Article en page(s) : pp 2521 - 2534 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de télédétection [Termes IGN] analyse du paysage [Termes IGN] Arctique [Termes IGN] changement climatique [Termes IGN] dégradation des sols [Termes IGN] détection de changement [Termes IGN] effondrement de terrain [Termes IGN] érosion côtière [Termes IGN] fjord [Termes IGN] Groenland [Termes IGN] inondation [Termes IGN] littoral [Termes IGN] paysage [Termes IGN] risque naturel [Termes IGN] toundra [Termes IGN] tsunami Résumé : (auteur) On the 17 June 2017, a massive landslide which mobilized 35–58 million m3 of material entered the Karrat Isfjord in western Greenland. It triggered a tsunami wave with a runup height exceeding 90 m close to the landslide, ca. 50 m on the opposite shore of the fjord. The tsunami travelled ca. 32 km along the fjord and reached the settlement of Nuugaatsiaq with ca. 1–1.5 m high waves which flooded the terrain up to 9 m a.s.l. (above sea level). Tsunami waves were powerful enough to destroy the community infrastructure, impact fragile coastal tundra landscape, and unfortunately injure several inhabitants and cause four deaths. Our field survey carried out 25 months after the event results in documentation of the previously unreported scale of damage in the settlement (ca. 48 % of infrastructure objects including houses and administration buildings were destroyed by the tsunami). We have observed a recognizable difference in the concentration of tsunami deposit accumulations between areas of the settlement overwashed by the wave and areas of runup and return flow. The key tsunami effects preserved in the coastal landscape were eroded coastal bluffs, gullied and dissected edges of cliffed coast in the harbour, and tundra vegetation compressed by boulders or icebergs rafted onshore during the event. Numéro de notice : A2020-612 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.5194/nhess-20-2521-2020 Date de publication en ligne : 24/09/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2521-2020 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=95979 [article]