dc.creator | Abril Hernández, José María | es |
dc.creator | Periáñez Rodríguez, Raúl | es |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-29T06:41:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-09-29T06:41:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Abril Hernández, J.M. y Periáñez Rodríguez, R. (2015). A Numerical Modelling Study on the Potential Role of Tsunamis in the Biblical Exodus. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2015 (3), 745-771. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2077-1312 | es |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11441/46280 | |
dc.description.abstract | The reliability of the narrative of the Biblical Exodus has been subject of heated
debate for decades. Recent archaeological studies seem to provide new insight of the exodus
path, and although with a still controversial chronology, the effects of the Minoan Santorini
eruption have been proposed as a likely explanation of the biblical plagues. Particularly, it
has been suggested that flooding by the associated tsunamis could explain the first plague
and the sea parting. Recent modelling studies have shown that Santorini’s tsunami effects
were negligible in the eastern Nile Delta, but the released tectonic stress could have triggered
local tsunamigenic sources in sequence. This paper is aimed to a quantitative assessment of
the potential role of tsunamis in the biblical parting of the sea. Several “best case” scenarios
are tested through the application of a numerical model for tsunami propagation that has
been previously validated. The former paleogeographic conditions of the eastern Nile Delta
have been implemented based upon recent geological studies; and several feasible local
sources for tsunamis are proposed. Tsunamis triggered by submarine landslides of 10–30 km3
could have severely impacted the northern Sinai and southern Levantine coasts but with
weak effects in the eastern Nile Delta coastline. The lack of noticeable flooding in this area under
the most favorable conditions for tsunamis, along with the time sequence of water elevations, make difficult to accept them as a plausible and literally explanation of the first plague and of
the drowning of the Egyptian army in the surroundings of the former Shi-Hor Lagoon. | es |
dc.format | application/pdf | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | MDPI - Open Access Publishing | es |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2015 (3), 745-771. | es |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Biblical Exodus | es |
dc.subject | tsunamis | es |
dc.subject | numerical modelling | es |
dc.subject | sea parting | es |
dc.subject | Reed Sea | es |
dc.title | A Numerical Modelling Study on the Potential Role of Tsunamis in the Biblical Exodus | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dcterms.identifier | https://ror.org/03yxnpp24 | |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Aplicada I | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/3/3/745 | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/jmse3030745 | es |
dc.contributor.group | Universidad de Sevilla RNM138: Fisica Nuclear Aplicada | es |
idus.format.extent | 26 | es |
dc.journaltitle | Journal of Marine Science and Engineering | es |
dc.publication.volumen | 2015 | es |
dc.publication.issue | 3 | es |
dc.publication.initialPage | 745 | es |
dc.publication.endPage | 771 | es |
dc.identifier.idus | https://idus.us.es/xmlui/handle/11441/46280 | |