Distribution, origin and transport process of boulders deposited by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at Pakarang Cape, Thailand

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 821-837

  Goto, Kazuhisa ^a   Chavanich, Suchana A ^b   Imamura, Fumihiko ^a   Kunthasap, Passkorn ^c   Matsui, Takafumi ^d   Minoura, Koji ^a   Sugawara, Daisuke ^a   Yanagisawa, Hideaki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Environmental Geology Division ^*  (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pakarang Cape; Thailand; The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; Tsunami boulder

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; DEPOSITION; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; OCEAN WAVE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WAVE VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKARANG CAPE; PHANGNGA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 36148970492     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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