Tsunami and palaeotsunami depositional signatures and their potential value in understanding the late-Holocene tsunami record

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1095-1107

  Dominey Howes, Dale T M ^a   Humphreys, Geoff S ^a   Hesse, Paul P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Evidence; Holocene; Palaeotsunami; Signatures; Tsunami; Tsunami risk

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TSUNAMI;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

EID: 33947250194     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683606069400     Document Type: Article

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