Holocene tsunamis from Mount Etna and the fate of Israeli Neolithic communities

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Pareschi, Maria Teresa ^a   Boschi, Enzo ^a   Favalli, Massimiliano ^a  

^a SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SAND; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; WAVE TRAIN;

TSUNAMIS;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOLOCENE; NATURAL HAZARD; NEOLITHIC; TSUNAMI;

CATANIA [SICILY]; ETNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DIOSCOREA ALATA;

EID: 35948936765     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030717     Document Type: Article

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