Reconstructing tsunami run-up from sedimentary characteristics - A simple mathematical model

Coastal Sediments '07 - Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Soulsby, Richard L ^a,b   Smith, David E ^b   Ruffman, Alan ^c  

^a HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Geomarine Associates Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

GRAINSIZE CONTRIBUTION; INUNDATED LAND SURFACE; SEDIMENT DYNAMICS; TRAJECTORY-BASED THEORY;

TSUNAMIS;

EID: 34548560250     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40926(239)83     Document Type: Conference Paper

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