Cliff-top megaclast deposits of Ireland, a record of extreme waves in the North Atlantic - Storms or tsunamis?

Marine Geology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 101-117

  Williams, D Michael ^a   Hall, Adrian M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

extreme waves; imbrication; ireland; megaclasts; storms; tsunami

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; EARTHQUAKES; MINERAL RESOURCES; OFFSHORE DRILLING; STORMS;

MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; MEGACLAST ACCUMULATIONS;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CLAST; CLIFF; EXTREME EVENT; IMBRICATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; STORM DEPOSIT; TSUNAMI; WAVE;

ARAN ISLANDS; CONNACHT; COUNTY GALWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2942737364     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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