A Neolithic mega-tsunami event in the eastern Mediterranean: Prehistoric settlement vulnerability along the Carmel coast, Israel
Fig 1
Geological sketch of the eastern Mediterranean modified after natural earth (https://www.naturalearthdata.com in the public domain), showing the main near-shore sediment transport mechanism (black arrows), selected thrusts (CA–Cypriot Arc) and major fault lines (CF- Carmel fault; DSF- Dead Sea Fault system; SF- Seraghaya fault; MF-Missyaf fault; YF-Yammaounch fault; [3,8], submarine landslides as well as tsunami deposits, geomorphological tsunami features and documented tsunami events (Modified from [9]).
The name compilation of the sites presented in the figure are: 1a-2a (Alexandria); 3a (Paphos, Polis, Cape, Greco); 4a-8a (Caesarea Marittima, Jiser al-Zarka); 9a (Byblos, Senani Island); 10a (Elos); 11a (Gramvousa, Balos, Falasarna, Mavros, Stomiou, Gramenos, Paleochora); 12a (Western Crete); 13a (Palaikastro); 14a (Pounta); 15a (Limni Moustou); 16a (Pylos, Porto Gatea, Archangelos, Elaphonisos); 17a (Limni Divariou); 18a (Santorini); 19a (Balos bay); 20a (Thera); 21a (Dalaman); 22a (Didim) for the previously dated tsunami deposits and 1 (Lebanon, Israel, Syria); 2 (levant coast); 3 (Paphos, Polis, Cape, Greco); 4 (S-E Cyprus); 5 (Akko); 6 (Yaffo); 7–8 (S-E Cyprus); 9–11 (Levant coast); 12 (The Nile cone); 13 (Lebanon); 14 (Levant coast); 15 (southern turkey); 16 (Cyprus); 17 (Israel); 18 (Lebanon–Israel) for the previously dated tsunami events. Further details regarding the tsunami data are discussed in S1 and S2 Tables.