Late Holocene tectonic land-level changes and tsunamis at Mitla lagoon, Guerrero, Mexico

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-209

  Ramirez Herrera M T ^a   Cundy, A B ^b   Kostoglodov, V ^c   Ortiz, M ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Earthquakes; Holocene; Paleoenvironments; Sea level changes; Tropical coastal lagoons; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; DEFORMATION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOTECTONICS; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TSUNAMI;

GUERRERO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 70350357323     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22201/igeof.00167169p.2009.48.2.2137     Document Type: Article

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