Tsunami geoscience

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 575-590

  Dawson, Alastair ^a   Stewart, Iain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bolides; Coastal flood risk; Offshore earthquakes; Submarine slides; Tsunami desposits

Indexed keywords

BOLIDE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; NINETEENTH CENTURY; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; QUATERNARY; RESEARCH WORK; TSUNAMI;

EID: 55249107824     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133307087083     Document Type: Article

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