The tsunami hypothesis - Comparisons of the field evidence against the effects, on the Western Australian coast, of some of the most powerful storms on earth

Marine Geology

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Nott, Jonathan ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

coastal sedimentary deposits; coasts; storms; tropical cyclones; tsunami

Indexed keywords

COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARINE GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS;

COASTAL ZONES; EARTH (PLANET); EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STORMS;

GEOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONE; SEDIMENTATION; STORM DEPOSIT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TSUNAMI;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 3142563287     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.04.023     Document Type: Article

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