Large boulders along the south-eastern Ionian coast of Sicily: Storm or tsunami deposits?

Marine Geology

Volumn 275, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 140-154

  Barbano, M S ^a   Pirrotta, C ^a   Gerardi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boulders; Coastal hazards; Flooding; Italy; Sicily; Storm wave; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION ,; AXIS ORIENTATION; BREAKING WAVES; CALCARENITE; COASTAL HAZARDS; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; EXTREME EVENTS; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHORE PLATFORMS; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SIZE AND SHAPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM WAVES; STUDY AREAS; TRANSPORT DISTANCES; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS; TSUNAMI WAVES; WAVE PERIOD; WAVE PROCESS; WAVE TRANSPORT; WINTER STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DEPOSITS; TSUNAMIS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

STORMS;

BOULDER; BREAKING WAVE; CALCARENITE; CLAST; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHAPE; SHORE PLATFORM; SHORELINE; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STORM DEPOSIT; TSUNAMI; WAVE ACTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ALBANIA; IONIAN COAST; ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 77955309386     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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