Waves, coastal boulder deposits and the importance of the pre-transport setting

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 269-276

  Nott, Jonathan ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastal boulder deposits; Hydrodynamic equations; Storm waves; Tsunami; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; HYDRODYNAMICS; SHORE PLATFORM; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TSUNAMI; WAVE ENERGY; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 0037677649     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00104-3     Document Type: Article

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