Soft-sediment deformation produced by tides in a meizoseismic area, Turnagain Arm, Alaska

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 435-438

  Greb, Stephen F ^a   Archer, Allen W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Flow rolls; Sedimentology; Seismite; Tidal bore; Tidal flat

Indexed keywords

FLOW ROLLS; SOFT-SEDIMENT DEFORMATION; TIDAL BORE; TURNAGAIN ARM;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR STRESS; SILT; TSUNAMIS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMITE; TIDAL FLAT;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; TURNAGAIN ARM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248547190     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23209A.1     Document Type: Article

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