Large boulder accumulation on the Algerian coast evidence tsunami events in the western Mediterranean

Marine Geology

Volumn 262, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 96-104

  Maouche, Said ^a   Morhange, Christophe ^b   Meghraoui, Mustapha ^c  

^a Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UMR 7063   (France)

Author keywords

Algeria; boulder; Holocene; Mediterranean Sea; tsunami

Indexed keywords

ALGERIA; BIO-INDICATORS; BOULDER; HOLOCENE; HYDRODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMIC WAVES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; NEAR-SHORE ZONES; TSUNAMIGENIC; WESTERN MEDITERRANEANS;

EARTHQUAKES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FOULING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LANDFORMS;

TSUNAMIS;

BOULDER; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EARTHQUAKE; HOLOCENE; HYDRODYNAMICS; STORM; TSUNAMI;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA; TIPAZA;

EID: 65649088350     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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