adding for the anglophones, storegga is norwegian and means the great edge. pretty straightforward really, storegga is indeed a great edge.
September 27, 2026 at 4:31 PM
adding for the anglophones, storegga is norwegian and means the great edge. pretty straightforward really, storegga is indeed a great edge.
These findings cast further doubt on apparent Storegga tsunami deposits in Denmark and Germany. You can read the (open access) paper in full here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Propagation of the Storegga tsunami in the southeastern North Sea
Numerical simulations of the 8150 BP Storegga slide event in the Norwegian Sea are necessary for understanding both landslide dynamics and tsunami pro…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 28, 2026 at 1:07 PM
These findings cast further doubt on apparent Storegga tsunami deposits in Denmark and Germany. You can read the (open access) paper in full here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Have you seen this recent paper, describing a simulation of the Storegga tsunami?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Propagation of the Storegga tsunami in the southeastern North Sea
Numerical simulations of the 8150 BP Storegga slide event in the Norwegian Sea are necessary for understanding both landslide dynamics and tsunami pro…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 27, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Have you seen this recent paper, describing a simulation of the Storegga tsunami?
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Propagation of the Storegga tsunami in the southeastern North Sea" is published in Quaternary Research Advances today. Open access paper (doi.org/10.1016/j.qs...) examining the degree to which the tsunami from the 8150 BP Storegga slide would have been able to reach the coasts of Denmark+Germany.
September 26, 2026 at 12:32 PM
"Propagation of the Storegga tsunami in the southeastern North Sea" is published in Quaternary Research Advances today. Open access paper (doi.org/10.1016/j.qs...) examining the degree to which the tsunami from the 8150 BP Storegga slide would have been able to reach the coasts of Denmark+Germany.
And if you think, okay, geology may not be boring but NORTHERN EUROPEAN geology certainly is - please behold the madness of the Storegga tsunami!
bsky.app/profile/mike...
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I thought I knew the story of the "lost world" off the east coast of Britain, inhabited by Mesolithic people until rising sea waters engulfed it around 8,000 years ago...
But I didn't know about the *tsunami*.
Holy hell.
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But I didn't know about the *tsunami*.
Holy hell.
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September 27, 2026 at 3:50 PM
And if you think, okay, geology may not be boring but NORTHERN EUROPEAN geology certainly is - please behold the madness of the Storegga tsunami!
bsky.app/profile/mike...
bsky.app/profile/mike...
Methanhydrat-Auftauen, Kontinentalhang, Storegga-Rutschung, Doggerland - die Zutaten für eine grossartige Geschichte!
Habt Ihr "Der Schwarm" gelesen Doggerland" mal nachgeschlagen?
Habt Ihr "Der Schwarm" gelesen Doggerland" mal nachgeschlagen?
www.geomar.de/news/article...
Schon über ein Jahr bekannt: Klimawandel könnte verstärkte Methanfreisetzung aus der Tiefsee auslösen.
Schon über ein Jahr bekannt: Klimawandel könnte verstärkte Methanfreisetzung aus der Tiefsee auslösen.
Klimawandel könnte verstärkte Methanfreisetzung aus der Tiefsee auslösen
06.12.2023/Newcastle upon Tyne/Kiel. Bei der Auflösung von Methanhydraten wird Methan freigesetzt, ein besonders starkes Treibhausgas – und das offenbar in größeren Mengen als bisher angenommen. Ein i...
www.geomar.de
December 8, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Methanhydrat-Auftauen, Kontinentalhang, Storegga-Rutschung, Doggerland - die Zutaten für eine grossartige Geschichte!
Habt Ihr "Der Schwarm" gelesen Doggerland" mal nachgeschlagen?
Habt Ihr "Der Schwarm" gelesen Doggerland" mal nachgeschlagen?
Our new paper out now in QSA models the Storegga tusnami wave using more realistic palaeobathymetry based on the most recent glacio-isostatic modelling outputs for the North Sea, and shows that significant wave propagation south of Dogger Bank is extremely unlikely.
"Propagation of the Storegga tsunami in the southeastern North Sea" is published in Quaternary Research Advances today. Open access paper (doi.org/10.1016/j.qs...) examining the degree to which the tsunami from the 8150 BP Storegga slide would have been able to reach the coasts of Denmark+Germany.
September 28, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Our new paper out now in QSA models the Storegga tusnami wave using more realistic palaeobathymetry based on the most recent glacio-isostatic modelling outputs for the North Sea, and shows that significant wave propagation south of Dogger Bank is extremely unlikely.
One of my co-authors has posted a nice animation showing propagation of the #Storegga #tsunami on the palaeobathymetry 8000 BP (left) and the present day North Sea (right). The tsunami loses its power as the sea becomes shallow and the wave diminishes towards the coast of DK/DE.
lnkd.in/p/eJVXCyWB
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October 1, 2026 at 7:03 AM
One of my co-authors has posted a nice animation showing propagation of the #Storegga #tsunami on the palaeobathymetry 8000 BP (left) and the present day North Sea (right). The tsunami loses its power as the sea becomes shallow and the wave diminishes towards the coast of DK/DE.
lnkd.in/p/eJVXCyWB
lnkd.in/p/eJVXCyWB
After the slow ravages of rising seas, was anyone still living in the now-islands of Doggerland on this day?
Unclear!
cambridge.org/core/journal...
But it's a safe bet there were many people along coastlines, perhaps in settlements like Star Carr.
Very, *very* bad news for them.
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Unclear!
cambridge.org/core/journal...
But it's a safe bet there were many people along coastlines, perhaps in settlements like Star Carr.
Very, *very* bad news for them.
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A great wave: the Storegga tsunami and the end of Doggerland? | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
A great wave: the Storegga tsunami and the end of Doggerland? - Volume 94 Issue 378
cambridge.org
November 12, 2024 at 7:20 PM
After the slow ravages of rising seas, was anyone still living in the now-islands of Doggerland on this day?
Unclear!
cambridge.org/core/journal...
But it's a safe bet there were many people along coastlines, perhaps in settlements like Star Carr.
Very, *very* bad news for them.
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Unclear!
cambridge.org/core/journal...
But it's a safe bet there were many people along coastlines, perhaps in settlements like Star Carr.
Very, *very* bad news for them.
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The name of this event is the STOREGGA SLIDE.
And yes, that is *another* epic name for a band, just like this one: bsky.app/profile/mike...
Geology may literally be rock, but it's clearly metal as well.
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And yes, that is *another* epic name for a band, just like this one: bsky.app/profile/mike...
Geology may literally be rock, but it's clearly metal as well.
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The name for this astounding event is the ZANCLEAN MEGAFLOOD:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanclea...
I've put it in All Caps because, what a hilariously epic name. I burst out laughing when I read it.
Anyone searching for a name for their new rock band?
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanclea...
I've put it in All Caps because, what a hilariously epic name. I burst out laughing when I read it.
Anyone searching for a name for their new rock band?
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Zanclean flood - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 12, 2024 at 7:09 PM
The name of this event is the STOREGGA SLIDE.
And yes, that is *another* epic name for a band, just like this one: bsky.app/profile/mike...
Geology may literally be rock, but it's clearly metal as well.
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And yes, that is *another* epic name for a band, just like this one: bsky.app/profile/mike...
Geology may literally be rock, but it's clearly metal as well.
12/
Propagation of the Storegga tsunami in the southeastern North Sea www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Propagation of the Storegga tsunami in the southeastern North Sea
Numerical simulations of the 8150 BP Storegga slide event in the Norwegian Sea are necessary for understanding both landslide dynamics and tsunami pro…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 27, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Propagation of the Storegga tsunami in the southeastern North Sea www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I have been involved in a very exciting project over the last 3 years working with archaeologists from the universities of Stavanger and Bergen examining the consequences of the Storegga Tsunami on communities in Norway. New paper in Quaternary Science Reviews:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1iEUg_6Jey...
authors.elsevier.com/c/1iEUg_6Jey...
December 11, 2023 at 12:43 AM
I have been involved in a very exciting project over the last 3 years working with archaeologists from the universities of Stavanger and Bergen examining the consequences of the Storegga Tsunami on communities in Norway. New paper in Quaternary Science Reviews:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1iEUg_6Jey...
authors.elsevier.com/c/1iEUg_6Jey...
The 'Storegga Slides' were a series of submarine landslides where 300km of Norway's coastline broke off into the Norwegian Sea, releasing a mega-tsunami that could have been 20-40 meters (65-130 ft) high.
It would have scoured Doggerland, wiping it flat, killing everything in its path.
It would have scoured Doggerland, wiping it flat, killing everything in its path.
A giant tsunami may have wiped out Stone Age populations in Britain 8,200 years ago, and scientists say a similar natural disaster could hit the islands again
A landslide triggered the Storegga tsunami 8,200 years ago. Researchers want to know if it caused a population decline that happened around then.
www.businessinsider.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The 'Storegga Slides' were a series of submarine landslides where 300km of Norway's coastline broke off into the Norwegian Sea, releasing a mega-tsunami that could have been 20-40 meters (65-130 ft) high.
It would have scoured Doggerland, wiping it flat, killing everything in its path.
It would have scoured Doggerland, wiping it flat, killing everything in its path.
Interesting paper about the Holocene Storegga tsunami, caused by a large submarine landslide off the coast of Norway: it
resulted in run-up heights of up to 3–6 m around mainland UK & coincided with a large decline in the Mesolithic population in N. Britain.🧪⚒️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
resulted in run-up heights of up to 3–6 m around mainland UK & coincided with a large decline in the Mesolithic population in N. Britain.🧪⚒️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
January 9, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Interesting paper about the Holocene Storegga tsunami, caused by a large submarine landslide off the coast of Norway: it
resulted in run-up heights of up to 3–6 m around mainland UK & coincided with a large decline in the Mesolithic population in N. Britain.🧪⚒️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
resulted in run-up heights of up to 3–6 m around mainland UK & coincided with a large decline in the Mesolithic population in N. Britain.🧪⚒️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
New Open Access paper in Scientific Reports "Expanding the footprint of the Storegga tsunami through new evidence from Arctic marine sediments" by Dhanushka Devendra et al. - numerical landslide and tsunami simulations carried out at NGI.
#tsunami #Storegga #Arctic
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#tsunami #Storegga #Arctic
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
New Open Access paper in Scientific Reports "Expanding the footprint of the Storegga tsunami through new evidence from Arctic marine sediments" by Dhanushka Devendra et al. - numerical landslide and tsunami simulations carried out at NGI.
#tsunami #Storegga #Arctic
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#tsunami #Storegga #Arctic
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
And so,the Storegga Slide event deputies a slower version....
Bleakly funny that what so many in British politics seem to envisage is a scenario in which we go 'we're too small to stop climate change ourselves' and rather than going 'so we will spend even more money on mitigation', the planet agrees to put all this unpleasantness behind us.
UK sea level rising faster than global average, study finds
Britain is getting wetter and warmer as new temperature records become norm
www.ft.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
And so,the Storegga Slide event deputies a slower version....
Transgressive sediment architecture offshore of the Shetland Islands showing extended spatial distribution of the #Storegga #tsunami deposit @belspo.be led by @rikzanurfaqih.bsky.social @debatistmarc.bsky.social @ppcosta.bsky.social - just dropped!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
Redirecting
doi.org
October 1, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Transgressive sediment architecture offshore of the Shetland Islands showing extended spatial distribution of the #Storegga #tsunami deposit @belspo.be led by @rikzanurfaqih.bsky.social @debatistmarc.bsky.social @ppcosta.bsky.social - just dropped!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
Gonna throw out
Carnian pluvial episode
Storegga slide
Carnian pluvial episode
Storegga slide
April 14, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Gonna throw out
Carnian pluvial episode
Storegga slide
Carnian pluvial episode
Storegga slide
So how did this landmass *become* the North Sea? Well, the Ice Age was ending: giant ice sheets were melting, sea levels were rising. The area was bound to be flooded, but 2 events may have accelerated the disappearance of Doggerland in the space of a few years.
1. Storegga Slides
2. Lake Agassiz
1. Storegga Slides
2. Lake Agassiz
May 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
So how did this landmass *become* the North Sea? Well, the Ice Age was ending: giant ice sheets were melting, sea levels were rising. The area was bound to be flooded, but 2 events may have accelerated the disappearance of Doggerland in the space of a few years.
1. Storegga Slides
2. Lake Agassiz
1. Storegga Slides
2. Lake Agassiz
One terrible day, the edge of Norway's continential shelf collapsed, creating a 180-mile-long underwater landslide.
Hundreds of cubic miles of moving debris pushed against the sea, sending colossal waves in all directions...
And one descended on the remnants of Doggerland.
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Hundreds of cubic miles of moving debris pushed against the sea, sending colossal waves in all directions...
And one descended on the remnants of Doggerland.
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November 12, 2024 at 7:05 PM
One terrible day, the edge of Norway's continential shelf collapsed, creating a 180-mile-long underwater landslide.
Hundreds of cubic miles of moving debris pushed against the sea, sending colossal waves in all directions...
And one descended on the remnants of Doggerland.
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Hundreds of cubic miles of moving debris pushed against the sea, sending colossal waves in all directions...
And one descended on the remnants of Doggerland.
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It is easier to see at low tide, I believe. My youngest was taken there on a field trip with her geography class at school.
It's also a wildlife reserve, well worth a visit.
pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...
It's also a wildlife reserve, well worth a visit.
pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...
Detailing the impact of the Storegga Tsunami at Montrose, Scotland
pure.york.ac.uk
September 27, 2026 at 3:36 PM
It is easier to see at low tide, I believe. My youngest was taken there on a field trip with her geography class at school.
It's also a wildlife reserve, well worth a visit.
pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...
It's also a wildlife reserve, well worth a visit.
pure.york.ac.uk/portal/en/pu...
Storegga pattern by Line Iversen and Margareth Sandvik
Boat neck sweater.
ravel.me
March 2, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Epic Tiny Storegga?!
December 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Epic Tiny Storegga?!
Daybreak in the wreck of Dogger. Gulls drifting
over the slowly rising sea. Seals hauled out
on sandbanks, bleached ribs of stranded whales.
Dunlin and knot, swarming the mudflats,
armies of silt-spearing godwit and whaup.
New Featured Poem: 'Storegga' by Steve Ely
longbarrowpress.com/featured-poem
over the slowly rising sea. Seals hauled out
on sandbanks, bleached ribs of stranded whales.
Dunlin and knot, swarming the mudflats,
armies of silt-spearing godwit and whaup.
New Featured Poem: 'Storegga' by Steve Ely
longbarrowpress.com/featured-poem
October 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Daybreak in the wreck of Dogger. Gulls drifting
over the slowly rising sea. Seals hauled out
on sandbanks, bleached ribs of stranded whales.
Dunlin and knot, swarming the mudflats,
armies of silt-spearing godwit and whaup.
New Featured Poem: 'Storegga' by Steve Ely
longbarrowpress.com/featured-poem
over the slowly rising sea. Seals hauled out
on sandbanks, bleached ribs of stranded whales.
Dunlin and knot, swarming the mudflats,
armies of silt-spearing godwit and whaup.
New Featured Poem: 'Storegga' by Steve Ely
longbarrowpress.com/featured-poem