Luminescence studies on the sediments laid down by the December 2004 tsunami event: Prospects for the dating of palaeo tsunamis and for the estimation of sediment fluxes

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-371

  Murari, M K ^a   Achyuthan, H ^b   Singhvi, A K ^a  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Coastal dynamics; Luminescence dating; Quartz; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947156332     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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