Catastrophic wave (tsunami?) transport of boulders in southern New South Wales, Australia

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-207

  Young, R W ^a,b   Bryant, E A ^a,b   Price, D M ^a,b  

^a University of Wollongong ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOULDER TRANSPORT; TSUNAMI; WAVE TRAIN;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0030480020     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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