Sediment grains moved by passing tsunami waves: Tsunami deposits in deep water

Marine Geology

Volumn 250, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 251-257

  Weiss, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

linear wave equation; tsunami sediments

Indexed keywords

LINEAR WAVE EQUATIONS; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS; TSUNAMI SEDIMENTS; WATER DEPTH;

LINEAR EQUATIONS; PARAMETERIZATION; SEISMIC WAVES; TSUNAMIS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

DEEP WATER; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TSUNAMI; WATER DEPTH; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BAY OF BENGAL; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 41949140579     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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