Tsunami deposits in the western Mediterranean: Remains of the 1522 Almería earthquake?

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 316, Issue , 2009, Pages 217-235

  Reicherter, Klaus ^a   Becker Heidmann, Peter ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; HISTORICAL RECORD; PALEOSEISMICITY; RADIOCARBON DATING; TSUNAMI;

ALBORAN SEA; ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; CABO DE GATA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF ALMERIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BIVALVIA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 70349179397     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP316.14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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