Research article
11 Mar 2013
Extreme wave events in Ireland: 14 680 BP–2012
L. O'Brien et al.
Cited articles
- Ambraseys, N. and Synolakis, C. E.: {T}sunami {C}atalogs for the {E}astern {M}editerranean, {R}evisited, J. Earthq. Eng., 14, 309–330, 2010.
- Berninghausen, W. H.: Tsunamis and {S}eismic {S}eiches reported from the {W}estern {N}orth and {S}outh {A}tlantic and the {C}oastal {W}aters of {N}orthwestern {E}urope, Informal report, Naval Oceanographic Office Washington, D.C. 20390, 1968.
- Borlase, W.: On the {E}xtraordinary {A}gitation of the {W}aters in {M}ounts {B}ay, and {O}ther {P}laces, 31 {M}arch, 1761, The Royal Society of London, Philosophical Transactions, reproduced in Readings in Natural Philosophy, compiled by: Rev. C.C. Clarke, 2nd Edn., London, 397–399, 1830.
- Bourgeois, J.: The Sea: {T}sunamis, Vol. 15, Chap. 3: Geological {E}ffects and {R}ecords of {T}sunamis, 53–91, Harvard University Press, 2009.
- Bryn, P., Berg, K., Forsberg, C. F., Solheim, A., and Kvalstad, T. J.: Explaining the {S}toregga {S}lide, Mar. Petrol. Geol., 22, 11–19, 2005.
- Bugge, T., Belderson, R. H., and Kenyon, N. H.: The {S}toregga {S}lide, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A, 325, 357–388, 1988.
- Bunbury, T.: The {N}ight of the {B}ig {W}ind 6th-7th {J}anuary 1839, website, www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_irish/history_irish_bigwind.htm (last access: February 2012), historian, 2005.
- Chabchoub, A., Hoffmann, N. P., and Akhmediev, N.: Rogue Wave Observation in a Water Wave Tank, Phys. Rev. Lett., 106, 2, 6 pp., https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.204502, 2011.
- Chabchoub, A., Hoffmann, N. P., Onorato, M., and Akhmediev, N.: Super rogue waves: {O}bservation of a higher-order breather in water waves, Phys. Rev. X, 2, 6 pp., https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.2.011015, 2012.
- CIL: Commissioners of Irish Lights, website, www.commissionersofirishlights.com/cil/aids-to-navigation/lighthouses.aspx, last access: February, 2012.
- cork{-}guide.ie: Cork-Guide, website, www.cork-guide.ie/barleycove/index.html (last access: February 2012), 2012.
- Costeloe, M.: Calf {R}ock, Tech. rep., Commisioners of Irish Lights, provided by: Robert Sparkes of the Commissioners of Irish Lights, 2000.
- Cox, R., Zentner, D. B., Kirchner, B. J., and Cook, M. S.: Boulder Ridges on the {A}ran {I}slands ({I}reland): {R}event movements casued by storm waves, not tsunamis, The Journal of Geology, 120, 249–272, 2012.
- Cox, T. D. and Ortega, J. A.: Laboratory observations of green water overtopping on a fixed deck, Ocean Eng., 29, 1827–1840, 2002.
- Dawson, A., Musson, R., Foster, I., and Brunsden, D.: Abnormal historic sea-surface fluctuations, S}{W {E}ngland, Mar. Geol., 170, 59–68, 2000.
- Day, S.: Testing tsunami models with historical and instrumental records of recent tsunamis, Presentation at UCL workshop August 2011, 2011.
- Day, S., Carracedo, J., Guillou, H., and Gravestock, P.: Recent structural evolution of the {C}umbre {V}ieja volcano, {L}a {P}alma, {C}anary {I}slands: volcanic rift zone reconfiguration as a precursor to volcano flank instability?, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 94, 135–167, 1999.
- Delaney, G. M.: {T}he {N}ight of the {B}ig {W}ind in {C}o. {M}ayo, {M}ayo {A}live {M}agazine, website, www.mayoalive.com/MagApr23/BigWind.htm (last access: February 2012), 1996.
- DIAS: Dublin {I}nstitute for {A}dvanced {S}tudies {S}eismic {N}etwork, website, www.dias.ie/irish_seismicity/, last access: 2012.
- Dominey-Howes, D.: Geological and historical records of tsunmai in {A}ustralia, Mar. Geol., 239, 99–123, 2007.
- Eagle, J.: {I}rish {L}ighthouses by {J}ohn {E}agle, website, indigo.ie/ eaglejr/, last access: February, 2012.
- ECMWF: European {C}entre for {M}edium-{R}ange {W}eather {F}orecasts, Weather Forecasting Model, www.ecmwf.int/ (last access: June 2012), 2012.
- Forsythe, W., Breen, C., Callaghan, C., and McConkey, R.: Historic storms and shipwrecks in {I}reland: a preliminary survey of severe synoptic conditions as a causal factor in underwater archaeology, Int. J. Naut. Archaeol., 29, 247–259, 2000.
- galwaytourism.ie: www.galwaytourism.ie/pgalway-city-landmarks.html (last access: February 2012), 2012.
- Hall, A., Hansom, J., Williams, D., and Jarvis, J.: Distribution, geomorphology and lithofacies of cliff-top storm deposits: Examples from the high-energy coasts of {S}cotland and {I}reland, Mar. Geol., 232, 131–155, 2006.
- Hansom, J. and Hall, A.: Magnitude and frequency of extra-tropical North Atlantic cyclones: A chronology from cliff-top storm deposits, Quaternary Int., 195, 42–52, 2009.
- Harrington, G.: The {H}arringtons and {C}alf {R}ock, Beam: The Journal of the Irish Lighthouse Service, 29, www.commissionersofirishlights.com/cil/publications/beam-magazines/volume-29/the-harringtons-and-calf-rock.aspx, 2000–2001.
- Haslett, S. K. and Bryant, E. A.: Meteorological tsunamis in {S}outhern {B}ritain: an historical review, Geolog. Rev., 99, 146–163, 2009.
- Haslett, S. K., Mellor, H. E., and Bryant, E. A.: Meteo-tsunami hazard associated with summer thunderstorms in the {U}nited {K}ingdom, Phys. Chem. Earth, Parts A/B/C, 34, 1016–1022, 2009.
- Hayden, A.: {C}lusach Ó'{F}ailbhe, `{B}óthar ne {S}cairte' and {C}hurch {I}sland: {E}vidence of a {K}erry {T}sunami?, To appear in: Kerry Archaelogical and Historical Society, 2012, 2012.
- Holmes, R., Long, D., and Dodd, L. R.: Large-scale debrites and submarine landslides on the {B}arra {F}an, west of {B}ritain, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 129, 67–79, 1998.
- Hu, K., Mingham, C., and Causon, D.: Numerical simulation of wave overtopping of coastal structures using the non-linear shallow water equations, Coastal Eng., 41, 433–465, 2000.
- Huvenne, V. A. I., Croker, P. F., and Henriet, J.-P.: A refreshing 3{D} view of an ancient sediment collapse and slope failure, Terra Nova, 14, 33–40, 2002.
- Kelletat, D.: Comments to D}awson, {A.{G}. and S}tewart, {I. (2007), {T}sunami deposits in the geological record.-{S}edimentary {G}eology 200, 166–183, Sediment. Geol., 211, 87–91, 2008.
- Kharif, C. and Pelinovsky, E.: Physical mechanisms of the rogue wave phenomenon, Eur. J. Mech. B-Fluids, 22, 603–634, 2003.
- Kharif, C., Giovanangeli, J.-P., Touboul, J., Grare, L., and Pelinovsky, E.: Influence of wind on extreme wave events: experimental and numerical approaches, J. Fluid Mech., 594, 209–247, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112007009019, 2008.
- Kibler, B., Fatome, J., Finot, C., Millot, G., Dias, F., Genty, G., Akhmediev, N., and Dudley, J. M.: The {P}eregrine soliton in nonlinear fibre optics, Nat. Phys., 6, 790–795, 2010.
- Kibler, B., Fatome, J., Finot, C., Millot, G., Genty, G., Wetzel, B., Akhmediev, N., Dias, F., and Dudley, J. M.: Observation of Kuznetsov-Ma soliton dynamics in optical fibre, Scientific Reports, 2, 463, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep00463, 2012.
- Larkin, J.: Innishannon's Tsunami, Innishannon Candlelight (Candlelight), 2010.
- Levin, B. and Nosov, M.: Physics of {T}sunamis, chap. 4: {T}he {P}hysics of {T}sunami {F}ormation by {S}ources of {N}onseismic {O}rigin, Springer, 2009.
- Lyons, M. J.: Tidal Wave at W}estport {Q}uay, from notes made by the late {M}ichael {J. {L}yons about his early experiences in {W}estport, Cathair na Mart- Journal of Westport Historical Society, 13, 135–136, 1993.
- M799.11: Annal of the Four Masters, CELT: The Corpus of Electronic Texts (via UCC), www.ucc.ie/celt/published/T100005A/index.html, last access: February, 2012.
- Massel, S. and Done, T.: Effects of cyclone waves on massive coral assemblages on the {G}reat {B}arrier {R}eef: meteorology, hydrodynamics and demography, Coral Reefs, 12, 153–166, 1993.
- Mecking, J. V., Fogarty, C. T., Greatbatch, R. J., Sheng, J., and Mercer, D.: Using atmospheric model output to simulate the meteorological tsunami response to {T}ropical {S}torm {H}elene (2000), J. Geophys. Res., 114, https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JC005290, 2009.
- Met.ie: Met Éireann, website, www.met.ie, last access: February, 2012.
- Met.ie-Fastnet: Exceptional weather events, {S}torm – {T}he {F}astnet {D}isaster {A}ugust 1979, Met \'Eireann, www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-events/Aug1979_Storm.PDF, unknown.
- Met.ie/wind: {C}limate-{W}ind-{N}otable {S}torms, website, www.met.ie/climate/wind.asp, last access: 2012.
- Metoffice.gov.uk: The {B}eaufort Scale, webpage, www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pdf/4/4/Fact_Sheet_No._6_-_Beaufort_Scale.pdf, last access: March, 2012.
- Moni, A., Donne, S., Bean, C., Craig, D., Möllhoff, M., Hauser, F., Braiden, A., Lambkin, K., Creamer, C., and White, M.: Towards ocean wave energy-potential quantification from a terrestrially-based seismic observation system, in: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Ocean Energy, 2012.
- Murphy, C. R., Finn, C. N. P., Krause, L.-C. W., Wamback, C. A., and Cooper, C. P. O. F. C. R.: H{M}{C}{S} C}{H}{I}{C}{O}{U}{T}{I}{M}{I {F}ires and {C}asualties {B}oard of {I}nquiry {F}inal {R}eport, Tech. Rep., National Defence and the Canadian Forces, www.forces.gc.ca/site/focus/chicoutimi/es-resume-eng.asp, 2004.
- Nicola, L.: A letter to J}ames {S}imon, {E}sq, {F. R. S. 7th of {D}ecember 1755, {K}insale, Phil. Transa. (1683–1775), 49, 351–398, 1755–1756.
- Nikolkina, I. and Didenkulova, I.: Rogue waves in 2006–2010, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 2913–2924, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-11-2913-2011, 2011.
- NOAA: N{O}{A}{A}/{W}{D}{C} {T}sunami {E}vent {D}atabase, {N}ational {O}ceanic and {A}tmospheric {A}dministration {W}ebsite, www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=70&d=7, last access: February, 2012.
- Nott, J.: Extremely high-energy wave deposits inside the {G}reat {B}arrier {R}eef, {A}ustralia: determining the cause- tsunami or tropical cyclone, Mar. Geol., 141, 193–207, 1997.
- Nott, J.: {T}sunami or {S}torm {W}aves? – {D}etermining the {O}rigin of a {S}pectacular {F}ield of {W}ave Emplaced {B}oulders {U}sing {N}umerical {S}torm {S}urge and {W}ave {M}odels and {H}ydrodynamic {T}ransport {E}quations, J. Coast. Res., 19, 348–356, 2003.
- Okal, E. A. and Synolakis, C. E.: A {T}heoretical {C}omparison of {T}sunamis from {D}islocations and {L}andslides, Pure Appl. Geophys., 160, 2177–2188, 2003.
- Owen, M., Day, S., Long, D., and Maslin, M.: Investigations on the {P}each 4 Debrite, a Late Pleistocene Mass Movement on the {N}orthwest {B}ritish Continental Margin, in: Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Series on Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research by Springer, Austin, Texas, USA, 2010.
- Paris, R., Wassmer, P., Sartohadi, J., Lavigne, F., Barthomeuf, B., Desgages, E., Grancher, D., Baumert, P., Vautier, F., Brunstein, D., and Gomez, C.: Tsunamis as geomorphic crises: {L}essons from the {D}ecember 26, 2004 tsunami in {L}hok {N}ga, {W}est {B}anda {A}ceh ({S}umatra, {I}ndonesia), Geomorphology, 104, 59–72, 2009.
- Peregrine, D. H.: Water Waves, Nonlinear {S}chr{ö}dinger Equations and Their Solutions, J. Aust. Math. Soc. B, 25, 16–43, 1983.
- Rabinovich, A. B., Vilibic, I., and Tinti, S.: Meteorological tsunamis: {A}tmospherically induced destructive ocean waves in the tsunami frequency band, Phys. Chem. Earth, 34, 891–893, 2009.
- RAF: Royal {A}ir {F}orce, website, available at: www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/ambassador-thanks-crew-28112011 (last access: February 2012), 2011.
- RAS: The {H}istorical {T}sunami {D}atabase for the {W}orld {O}cean, webpage, {I}nstitute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics Siberian Division Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Tsunami Labratory, Novosibirsk, Russia, available at: tsun.sscc.ru/nh/tsunami.php, last access: February, 2012.
- Ryan, P.: Eagle {I}sland {E}ast storm {D}ecember 29th 1894, Letter archive, provided by: Robert Sparkes of the Commissioners of Irish Lights, 1895.
- Scanlan, B.: In {R}etrospect, Beam: The Journal of the Irish Lighthouse Service, 25, available at: www.commissionersofirishlights.com/cil/publications/beam-magazines/volume-25/in-retrospect.aspx (last access: February 2012), 1993.
- Scheffers, A., Scheffers, S., Kelletat, D., and Browne, T.: Wave-Emplaced Coarse Debris and Megaclasts in {I}reland and {S}cotland: Boulder Transport in a High-Energy Littoral Environment, J. Geol., 117, 553–573, 2009.
- Scheffers, A., Kelletat, D., Haslett, S., Scheffers, S., and Browne, T.: Coastal boulder deposits in {G}alway {B}ay and the {A}ran {I}slands, western {I}reland, Z. Geomorphologie, 54, 247–279, 2010.
- Shields, L. and Fitzgerald, D.: The "{N}ight of the {B}ig {W}ind" in {I}reland, 6–7 {J}anuary 1839, Irish Geography, 22, available at: www.met.ie/climate-ireland/weather-events/Jan1839_Storm.PDF, 1989.
- Stefanakis, T. S., Dias, F., and Dutykh, D.: Local Run-Up Amplification by Resonant Wave Interactions, Phys. Rev. Lett., 107, 124502, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.124502, 2011.
- Stromeyer, C. E.: Abnormal {A}tlantic {W}aves, Nature, 51, 437–438, 1895.
- Synolakis, C. E. and Bernard, E. N.: {T}sunami science before and beyond {B}oxing {D}ay 2004, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 364, 2231–2265, 2006.
- Tamura, H., Waseda, T., and Miyazawa, Y.: Freakish sea state and swell-windsea coupling: Numerical study of the Suwa-Maru incident, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L01607, https://doi.org/10.1029/2008GL036280, 2009.
- Tinti, S., Maramai, A., and Graziani, L.: The new catalogue of the {I}talian tsunamis, Nat. Hazards, 33, 439–465, 2004.
- U804.11: The Annals of Ulster, CELT: The Corpus of Electronic Texts (via UCC), www.ucc.ie/celt/online/T100001A/, last access: February, 2012.
- Ward, S. N. and Day, S.: Cumbre {V}ieja {V}olcano – {P}otential collapse and tsunami at {L}a {P}alma, {C}anary {I}slands, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 3397, https://doi.org/10.1029/2001GL013110, 2001.
- Williams, D. M.: Mechanisms of wave transport of megaclasts on elevated cliff-top platforms: examples from western {I}reland relevant to the storm-wave versus tsunami controversy, Irish J. Earth Sci., 28, 13–23, 2010.
- Williams, D. M. and Hall, A. M.: Cliff-top megaclast deposits of {I}reland, a record of extreme waves in the {N}orth {A}tlantic-storms or tsunamis?, Mar. Geol., 206, 101–117, 2004.\\
- More articles (71)