June
05
/ 2021
The three Storegga Slides are amongst the largest known submarine landslides in history. They occurred under water, at the edge of Norway's continental shelf in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 6225–6170 BC. Now, new research has charted the catastrophic surge and it appears that the Storegga tsunami 8,200 years ago would have consumed many Scottish cities. Hit the Drama Button Mark Bateman, professor of geography at the University of Sheffield, is the lead author of a recently published research paper that suggests about 370 miles (595.46 km) of Scotland ’s northern and eastern coastline were affected when the Storegga tsunami struck around 8,200-years ago. In this instance you simply have to read the paper for yourself as the media are only
