A Review of Event Deposits in Lake Sediments

Event deposits in lake sediments provide invaluable chronicles of geodynamic and climatic natural hazards on multi-millennial timescales. Sediment archives are particularly useful for reconstructing high-impact, low-frequency events, which rarely observed instrumental or historical data. However, attributing a trigger mechanism to event can be challenging as different types events produce with very similar lithological characteristics, such turbidites. In this review paper, we summarize the state art paleolimnology. We start by describing sedimentary facies typical floods, glacial outburst avalanches, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, spontaneous delta collapses. then describe most indicative methods that applied at scale basins (geophysical survey, multiple coring) sediment cores (sedimentology, inorganic organic geochemistry, biotic approach). Finally, recommendations how obtain accurate chronologies containing deposits, ultimately date events. Accurately identifying dating has potential improve hazard assessments, terms return periods, recurrence patterns, maximum magnitudes, is one main geological challenges sustainable worldwide development.