@article{fdi:010053715,
  title = {{P}redecessors to the 2009 {S}outh {P}acific tsunami in the {W}allis and {F}utuna archipelago},
  author = {{G}off, {J}. and {L}amarche, {G}. and {P}elletier, {B}ernard and {C}hague-{G}off, {C}. and {S}trotz, {L}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}ulti-proxy studies of trench sediments from {F}utuna island, in the {W}allis and {F}utuna archipelago, have produced a record of two palaeotsunamis dated to around 1860-2000 {BP} and c. 470 {BP}. {O}ne of the most useful proxies in this study has been the archaeological data associated with occupations that immediately underlie the deposits associated with both palaeotsunamis. {T}he reworking of the archaeological material into the palaeotsunami deposits and the additional chronological control provided by artefacts have added value to interpretations based upon more conventional earth science proxies. {T}he identification of tsunamigenic sources for these events is tentative and based upon known potential sources. {B}ased upon a comparison between the effects of the 2009 {S}outh {P}acific tsunami and those recorded in the trenches, {E}vent 1(1860-2000 {BP}) appears most likely to be associated with a large tsunami sourced from the {T}onga-{K}ermadec {T}rench region. {T}here are only rare contemporaneous events reported from around the region, although this appears to be largely due to a lack of similar research as opposed to a lack of evidence. {E}vent 2 (c. 470 {BP}) is markedly larger than {E}vent 1, with sedimentary evidence indicating significant inland inundation and runup around the entire island. {T}here are several lines of evidence for a contemporaneous event in the {S}outh {P}acific around 470 {BP}, although much of this needs further verification. {D}etermining a source for this event is problematic because it must take in to account the regional signal and the significant impacts recorded on {F}utuna. {W}e propose that the source for this younger event was either a larger {T}onga-{K}ermadec {T}rench-related earthquake or the {K}uwae caldera collapse in 1452/1453 {AD}. {W}e recognise that as further research is carried out in the {P}acific we will greatly improve our abilities to identify past sources and the magnitude and frequency of past events from these areas. {T}his can only serve to improve our understanding of the regional risk from tsunamis.},
  keywords = {{P}alaeotsunami deposits ; {P}acific ; {K}uwae ; archaeology ; micropalaeontology ; sources ; magnitude ; frequency},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}arth-{S}cience {R}eviews},
  volume = {107},
  numero = {1-2},
  pages = {91--106},
  ISSN = {0012-8252},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.11.003},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053715},
}