Flow conditions of the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami in Thailand, inferred from capping bedforms and sedimentary structures

Terra Nova

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-149

  Choowong, Montri ^a   Murakoshi, Naomi ^b   Hisada, Ken Ichiro ^c   Charoentitirat, Thasinee ^a   Charusiri, Punya ^a   Phantuwongraj, Sumet ^a   Wongkok, Prawpan ^a   Choowong, Alongkorn ^d   Subsayjun, Rittirong ^d   Chutakositkanon, Vichai ^a   Jankaew, Kruawan ^a   Kanjanapayont, Pitsanupong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d Medical Technology Group   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; CAPPING; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLOW STRUCTURE; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; LAMINATION; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ANDAMAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 41149106457     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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