Great Barrier Reef protecting against landslides, tsunamis
Posted by Oceanography News -- ScienceDaily on 25 November, 2015
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The world-famous Australian reef is providing an effective barrier against landslide-induced tsunamis, new research shows. An underwater landslide has been found to have occurred some 20,000 years ago, causing a tsunami. Similar submarine landslides could occur without our knowledge but the Great Barrier Reef can absorb some of that potential wave energy....