Boulders of MIS 5 age deposited by a tsunami on the coast of Otago, New Zealand

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 222-231

  Kennedy, D M ^a   Tannock, K L ^a   Crozier, M J ^a   Rieser, U ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Boulders; New Zealand; Pleistocene; Tsunami; Wave

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONGLOMERATE; DEPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM DEPOSIT; TSUNAMI;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 34547436404     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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