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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Tsunami Swamped England 400 Years Ago, Study Says


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Geologist Simon Haslett stands among boulders in England's Bristol Channel. Haslett and colleague Edward Bryant say the boulders were probably stacked into their current formation by the force of a tsunami that struck the region in 1607.

Photograph © Ted Bryant, courtesy Bryant, Haslett, Bath Spa University, and University of Wollongong