Impacts, mega-tsunami, and other extraordinary claims

GSA Today

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-

  Pinter, Nicholas ^a   Ishman, Scott E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; MICROMETEORITE; TSUNAMI; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 46249109981     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GSAT01801GW.1     Document Type: Article

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