Landward fining in onshore gravel as evidence for a late Pleistocene tsunami on Molokai, Hawaii

Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 247-250

  Moore, A L ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grain size distribution; Marine terrace deposits; Molokai; Tsunami deposits

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CARBONATION; DEPOSITS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEA LEVEL;

CORAL REEF; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LARGE-GRAIN; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MOLOKAI; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS; WAVE ACTIONS;

TSUNAMIS;

GRAIN SIZE; GRAVEL; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TERRACE; TSUNAMI;

HAWAII; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MOLOKAI; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034432383     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<247:LFIOGA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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