Tsunami of December 26, 2004 on the southwest coast of India: Post-tsunami geomorphic and sediment characteristics

Marine Geology

Volumn 242, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 155-168

  Narayana, A C ^a   Tatavarti, R ^b   Shinu, N ^a   Subeer, A ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

^b DRDO   (India)

Author keywords

coastal geomorphology; grain size data; Southwest coast of India; tsunami

Indexed keywords

COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GEOMORPHIC FEATURES;

COASTAL ZONES; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEDIMENTS;

TSUNAMIS;

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY MINERAL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34447279316     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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