Foraminiferal evidence of submarine sediment transport and deposition by backwash during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

Island Arc

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 513-525

  Sugawara, Daisuke ^a   Minoura, Koji ^a   Nemoto, Naoki ^b   Tsukawaki, Shinji ^c   Goto, Kazuhisa ^a   Imamura, Fumihiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; 2004 Sumatra Andaman earthquake; Backwash; Foraminifer; Sediment flow

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DEPOSITION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 69249109673     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2009.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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