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Description: Position of the Storegga Slide (west of Norway). the yellow numbers give the height of the tsunami wave as tsunamite s recently studied by researchers. This is a mégatsunami wich- around 8150 years ago - has spread to hundreds of kilometers following the collapse of a piece of shelf. Source of yellow data. see also (in French): museum presentation by the Belgian "A tsunami in Belgium?"
Title: StoreggaFLCommonsZone2OK
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Author: Lamiot
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