Tsunami boulder transport and other dramatic effects of the 15 november 2006 central kuril islands Tsunami on the Island of Matua

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 54, Issue , 2010, Pages 175-195

  Bourgeois, Joanne ^a   Macinnes, Breanyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Kuril islands; Matua; Sediment transport; Tsunami; Tsunami damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955309578     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: 18641687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2010/0054S3-0024     Document Type: Article

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