Ancient DNA from Doggerland and the Storegga Tsunami

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Ancient DNA from Doggerland and the Storegga Tsunami

 

Breakthrough in studying ancient DNA from Doggerland that 

separates the UK from Europe, University of Warwick, July 16, 2020

Link to article

 

Scientists have studied sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) 

from sediment deposits in the southern North Sea, an area 

which has not previously been linked to a tsunami that 

occurred 8150 years ago.

 

The paper is:

 

Gaffney, V., Fitch, S., Bates, M., and others, 2020. Multi-Proxy

Characterisation of the Storegga Tsunami and Its Impact on 

the Early Holocene Landscapes of the Southern North Sea. 

Geosciences, 2020; 10 (7): 270 

Link to Gaffney et al. (2020) open access paper

 

Related paper is:

 

Gearey, B.R., Hopla, E.J., Boomer, I., Smith, D., Marshall, P., 

Fitch, S., Griffiths, S. and Tappin, D.R., 2017. Multi-proxy

palaeoecological approaches to submerged landscapes: 

a case study from ‘Doggerland’, in the southern North Sea. 

The archaeological and forensic applications of microfossils: 

a deeper understanding of human history. The 

Micropalaeontological Society Special Publications. 

Geological Society, London, pp.35-53.

Researchgate link to Gearey et al. (2017)

Link to other papers by Peter Marshall

 

A similar paper about New Zealand tsunamis is:

 

Goff, J., Pearce, S., Nichol, S.L., Chagué-Goff, C., Horrocks, 

M. and Strotz, L., 2010. Multi-proxy records of regionally-

sourced tsunamis, New Zealand. Geomorphology, 118(3-4), 

pp.369-382.

Link to Goff et al. (2017) about New Zealand tsunamis

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.