Meteotsunamis at the Río de la Plata estuary

Perez, Iael; Dragani, Walter C.; Oreiro, Fernando Ariel; Fiore, Mónica

doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2022.108064

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“…The Argentine Atlantic coast vulnerability has been studied by many authors (Pé rez et al, 2022 [6] ; Dato et al, 2020 [7] ; Dragani et al, 2011 [8] , 2015 [9] ). In addition, Patagonian coast tsunami risk, generated by earthquakes located in the Scotia Arc region from numerical and tectonic models were studied by many authors (Dragani et al, 2009 [5] ; Mora, 2023 [10] ).…”

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Magnetogravimetric study on the Scotia Plate, in the South Atlantic Ocean for the characterization of tsunamis

Alejandra

2024

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The marine and coastal environments of the Scotia Sea regions in the Southern Atlantic Ocean and Antarctica are vulnerable to the potentially disastrous effects of seismic activity along the Scotia Arc. This paper presents a magnetogravimetric study of the Scotia Plate for tsunami characterization. The influence of earthquakes on the Geomagnetic Field (GMF) is investigated using data from INTERMAGNET network observatories. A tectonic model is evaluated using gravity data from NOAA and seismic refraction data from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. The study also assesses the impact on water level (WL) measured at Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) tide gauge stations. Cross Wavelet Transform (XWT) is applied, and a frequency analysis of the GMF is conducted to identify specific frequencies during seismic events. A 2D tectonic model is constructed for the North Scotia Ridge using gravimetric and seismic data to characterize structural boundaries that may be activated during seismic events. Water level records collected from 6 tide gauge stations in the region are filtered and analyzed to identify tsunamis at each station. The results reveal anomalous frequencies in the frequency analysis of the horizontal component of the GMF during the November 25, 2013 earthquake, with high data correlation from different observatories in the study area for periods of 0.5 and 1 hour. Gravimetric modeling delineates faults activated during seismic activity and edges of structures potentially activated due to the transcurrent and compressional nature of the margin. WL anomalies up to 1.30 m are obtained following earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 8. The propagation speed in the study area averaged 460 km/h, consistent with the expected speed for those depths, except for Puerto Argentino, which exceeded them in 50%.

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