Recognition of diagnostic criteria for recent- and paleo-tsunami sediments from Sri Lanka

Marine Geology

Volumn 254, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 180-186

  Dahanayake, Kapila ^a   Kulasena, Nayomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

microfossils; paleo tsunami sediments; silty fine sand; storm surge sediment; tsunami sediments

Indexed keywords

ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL; BORE HOLE; FINE SAND; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; GROUND SURFACES; HEAVY MINERALS; MICROFOSSIL ASSEMBLAGES; MICROFOSSILS; NEAR-SHORE; PALEO-TSUNAMI SEDIMENTS; QUARTZ GRAINS; SILTY FINE SAND; SOIL PROFILING; SRI LANKA; STORM SURGES; STORM-SURGE SEDIMENT; TSUNAMI SEDIMENTS; WELL CUTTINGS;

ALARM SYSTEMS; GARNETS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEALTH; MINERALS; MINES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOILS; SULFATE MINERALS; TSUNAMIS; WATER LEVELS;

SEDIMENTS;

BOREHOLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FORAMINIFERA; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROFOSSIL; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PETROGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; SILTY SOIL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL PROFILE; STORM SURGE; TSUNAMI; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASIA; EURASIA; PERALIYA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; SRI LANKA;

FORAMINIFERA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS);

EID: 49949106427     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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