Physical criteria for distinguishing sandy tsunami and storm deposits using modern examples

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 184-207

  Morton, Robert A ^a   Gelfenbaum, Guy ^b   Jaffe, Bruce E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal inundation; Hydrodynamics; Overwash; Sediment transport; Storm deposit; Tsunami deposit

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; HURRICANE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM DEPOSIT; TSUNAMI;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 34547394999     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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