High-resolution seismic and sediment core data from the ‘Grand Lac' basin of Lake Geneva reveal traces of repeated slope instabilities with one main slide-evolved mass-flow (minimum volume 0.13 km3) that originated from the northern lateral slope of the lake near the city of Lausanne. Radiocarbon dating of organic remains sampled from the top of the main deposit gives an age interval of 1865–1608 BC. This date coincides with the age interval for a mass movement event described in the ‘Petit Lac' basin of Lake Geneva (1872–1622 BC). Because multiple mass movements took place at the same time in different parts of the lake, we consider the most likely trigger mechanism to be a strong earthquake (Mw 6) that occurred in the period between 1872 and 1608 BC. Based on numerical simulations, we show the major deposit near Lausanne would have generated a tsunami with local wave heights of up to 6 m. The combined effects of the earthquake and the following tsunami provide a possible explanation for a gap in lake dwellers occupation along the shores of Lake Geneva revealed by dendrochronological dating of two palafitte archaeological site
Saffman-Taylor experiments are conducted in a circular axisymmetric Hele-Shaw cell. We show that when a small pre-existent isolated bubble comes into contact with the tip of a finger, this finger starts growing faster, its radius of curvature at the extremity is reduced, and it takes a parabolic shape. When its velocity is large, this finger is affected by dendritic instabilities. Although they occur here in an isotropic system, these dendrites are directly comparable to those observed in crystallization fronts.
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