Hydraulic behavior of tsunami backflows: Insights from their modern and ancient deposits

Environmental Geology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-75

  Le Roux, J P ^a   Vargas, G ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bingham fluid; Sandstone dikes; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FLOW PATTERNS; HAZARDS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SAND;

BINGHAM FLUIDS; DYNAMIC PRESSURES; SANDSTONE DIKES; TEMPORAL SCALE;

TSUNAMIS;

HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDRODYNAMICS; TSUNAMI;

EID: 27944458879     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-005-0059-2     Document Type: Article

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