Impact of 2004 tsunami on seafloor morphology and offshore sediments, Pakarang Cape, Thailand

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Feldens, P ^a   Schwarzer, K ^a   Szczucinski W ^b   Stattegger, K ^a   Sakuna, D ^a   Somgpongchaiykul, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; Andaman Sea; Inner continental shelf; Seafloor mapping; Tsunami backwash

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349093905     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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