Tsunami as a major control on coastal evolution, southeastern Australia

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 831-840

  Bryant, Edward A ^a   Young, Robert W ^a   Price, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

barriers; bedrock sculpturing; catastrophic waves; cliffs; platforms; s forms; thermoluminescence dating

Indexed keywords

BARRIER FORMATION; COASTAL EVOLUTION; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE (LATE); SHORELINE EVOLUTION; TSUNAMI; TSUNAMIS;

AUSTRALIA, (SOUTHEAST);

EID: 0030302807     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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