Historical and geological evidence of boulders deposited by tsunamis, southern Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 77-99

  Goto, Kazuhisa ^a   Kawana, Toshio ^b   Imamura, Fumihiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

1771 Meiwa Tsunami; Boulder; Coral; Ryukyu Islands; Storm wave; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; DEPOSITION; HYDRODYNAMICS; TSUNAMI; WAVE RUNUP;

JAPAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77955574123     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.06.005     Document Type: Review

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