Predecessor to New Zealand's largest historic trans-South Pacific tsunami of 1868AD

Marine Geology

Volumn 275, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 155-165

  Goff, James ^a   Nichol, Scott ^b   Chague Goff Catherine C ^a   Horrocks, Mark ^b,c   McFadgen, Bruce ^d   Cisternas, Marco ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c MICROFOSSIL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

Author keywords

1604AD; 1868AD; Chile; Multi proxy; New Zealand; South Pacific

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENTS; EAST COAST; HISTORICAL DATA; HISTORICAL RECORDS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SEDIMENTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; SOUTH AMERICA;

RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

TSUNAMIS;

CHRONOLOGY; COAST; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DATABASE; HISTORICAL RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TSUNAMI EVENT;

CHATHAM ISLAND; CHATHAM ISLANDS; CHILE; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77955277477     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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