A review of the high energy events in the Gulf of Cadiz: tsunami vs. storm surges

During the last decade many papers have appeared devoted to the occurrence of high energy marine episodes associated with sedimentological, palaentological o geomorphological features. Currently the most complete record of Holocene high energy marine events comes from the Gulf of Cadiz (SW Iberia) (Fig. 1). These studies focused on the recognition and description of different deposits from high energy events which have been interpreted as having occurred from tsunamis. A revision of these data reveal that only few of these events left clear evidence that can be considered of tsunamigenic origin.

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