Tsunami sediments and their foraminiferal assemblages

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 263-278

  Mamo, Briony ^a   Strotz, Luke ^a,b   Dominey Howes, Dale ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Centre for Marine Bio Innovation   (Australia)

Author keywords

foraminifera; research value; sediments; tsunami

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORAMINIFERA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TSUNAMI;

FORAMINIFERA; PROTISTA;

EID: 71249106153     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.06.007     Document Type: Review

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