Truncated flame structures within a deposit of the Indian Ocean Tsunami: Evidence of syn-sedimentary deformation

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1559-1570

  Matsumoto, Dan ^a,f   Naruse, Hajime ^a   Fujino, Shigehiro ^b   Surphawajruksakul, Apichart ^c   Jarupongsakul, Thanawat ^c   Sakakura, Norihiko ^d   Murayama, Masafumi ^e  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Keystone Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean Tsunami; Syn sedimentary deformation; Thailand; Truncated flame structures; Tsunami deposit

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITION; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSTRATE; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 56349111988     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.00957.x     Document Type: Article

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