Sequence of sedimentation processes caused by the 1992 Flores tsunami: Evidence from Babi Island

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 523-526

  Minoura, K ^a   Imamura, F ^a   Takahashi, T ^a   Shuto, N ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; SAND; GEOLOGY;

CARBONATE SAND; INDONESIA; ISOLATED ISLANDS; MARINE SANDS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SEDIMENTATION PROCESS; TSUNAMI GENERATION;

TSUNAMIS;

CARBONATE ROCK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TSUNAMI EVENT; ISLAND GEOMETRY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TSUNAMI; TSUNAMIS;

BABI ISLAND; EAST NUSA TENGGARA; FLORES [LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS]; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUNDA ISLES; BABI; FLORES; INDONESIA;

EID: 0030845768     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0523:SOSPCB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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