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dc.contributor.authorBurbidge, David
dc.contributor.authorPower, William
dc.contributor.authorGusman, Aditya
dc.contributor.authorWang, Xiaoming
dc.contributor.authorLukovic, Biljana
dc.contributor.authorBlack, Jenny
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Adam
dc.contributor.authorParker, Will
dc.contributor.authorLester, Jamie
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-18T13:56:06Z
dc.date.available2020-06-18T13:56:06Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-22
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.nzsee.org.nz/xmlui/handle/nzsee/1739
dc.description.abstractTo inform Scott Base development planning, we discuss the effects of historical earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanism on Antarctica and then focus on assessing the potential hazard from future tsunamis in the Ross Sea region. Historically, there have not been many earthquakes, tsunamis or eruptions reported in Antarctica, which may in part be due to the continent being sparsely and recently populated. Mount Erebus has an actively convecting lava lake from which two phreatic eruptions occurred in 1993 and an ash eruption in 1997. Lava flows and Strombolian eruptions from Mount Erebus pose little threat to the Base, but a Plinian eruption, one of which is known to have occurred at about 39,000 years ago, could deposit ash at Scott Base with favourable wind conditions. To examine the possibility of a future large tsunami in the area we use numerical modelling to establish the sensitivity of the Ross Sea region to distant-source tsunamis caused by earthquakes on the Pacific Rim. We demonstrate that a large earthquake on the south Mexico coast could produce a much larger tsunami than anything observed historically. The coast of Antarctica, and the Ross Sea in particular, is fringed by seasonally-variable floating sea ice and permanent floating ice shelves. We consider the effect of the ice on tsunami propagation. Finally, we consider the potential for locally generated earthquakes and tsunamis. We also discuss the possibility that some sources of local tsunami may become more active with changing climate and ice-retreat.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNew Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering
dc.relation.ispartofseries2020;135
dc.subjectAdvances in knowledge of hazards and risks
dc.titleThe Scott Base redevelopment: Ross Sea geological hazards
dc.typeArticle


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