Granularity and textural analysis as a proxy for extreme wave events in southeast coast of India

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-305

  Vijaya Lakshmi, C S ^a   Srinivasan, P ^b   Murthy, S G N ^b   Trivedi, Deshraj ^a   Nair, Rajesh R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CSIR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Extreme wave events; Grain size analysis; Sorting; Surges; Texture; Tsunami deposits

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; EXTREME EVENT; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; ILMENITE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHELF SEDIMENT; SORTING; STORM SURGE; TEXTURE;

INDIA;

EID: 77953750707     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-010-0023-8     Document Type: Article

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