Development of a palaeotsunami database for New Zealand

Natural Hazards

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-208

  Goff, James ^a   Nichol, Scott ^b,c   Kennedy, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Database; Geology; Geomorphology; New Zealand; Palaeotsunami

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DATABASE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HISTORICAL RECORD; TSUNAMI EVENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 77950973423     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-009-9461-5     Document Type: Article

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