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    Extreme wave deposits on the Pacific coast of Mexico: Tsunamis or storms? - A multi-proxy approach
    (ELSEVIER, 2012) Ramirez Herrera, Maria Teresa; Lagos, Marcelo; Hutchinson, Ian; Kostoglodov, Vladimir; Luisa Machain, Maria; Caballero, Margarita; Goguitchaichvili, Avto; Aguilar, Bertha; Chague Goff, Catherine; Goff, James; Ruiz Fernandez, Ana Carolina; Ortiz, Modesto; Nava, Hector; Bautista, Francisco; Lopez, Gloria I.; Quintana, Patricia
    Historical and instrumental data show that the Pacific coast of Mexico has been exposed to destructive tsunamis over at least the past 500 years. This coast is also affected by hurricanes generated in the eastern Pacific. The great 1985 Mexico earthquake and its aftershock generated tsunamis that affected the Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo and Michoacan coast. The purpose of our study was two-fold - a) to determine whether storm and tsunami deposits could be distinguished, and b) whether tsunami deposits from historical events are preserved in the tropical environments of the Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo coast.