DOI: 10.1007/s11069-021-04665-1
论文题名: New Zealand’s tsunami death toll rises
作者: Goff J.
刊名: Natural Hazards
ISSN: 0921030X
出版年: 2021
卷: 107, 期: 2 起始页码: 1925
结束页码: 1934
语种: 英语
中文关键词: AD1868
; Deaths
; Historical
; Oral histories
; Prehistoric
; Tsunamis
英文关键词: catastrophic event
; coastal zone
; historical geography
; historical record
; mortality
; prehistoric
; tsunami
; New Zealand
英文摘要: It has long been understood that New Zealand’s death toll from historical tsunamis stood at one person, drowned by the AD1868 Arica (Chile) tsunami when it inundated the Chatham Islands. The evidence for this assumption is reviewed together with other historically documented events that point to dozens of tsunami deaths in New Zealand in the historical period, possibly as high as 37. A brief introduction to the potentially rich data source provided by pūrākau (oral histories) indicates that there is a long record extending back several hundred years of catastrophic waves devastating coastal communities. More detailed research of both pūrākau and the historical record will undoubtedly reveal more tsunami-related deaths although it is not necessarily the number that is important, but rather that these data provide an enduring reminder of New Zealand’s exposure to the hazard. This is not only pertinent to New Zealand but to all Pacific Islands in general. Research has tended to focus on those countries affected by recent large tsunamis at the expense of those with potentially rich oral histories and poorly researched historical data. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/169039
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作者单位: Earth and Sustainability Science Research Centre (ESSRC), School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia; School of Ocean and Earth Science, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Goff J.. New Zealand’s tsunami death toll rises[J]. Natural Hazards,2021-01-01,107(2)