Sources and depositional processes of tsunami deposits: Analysis using foraminiferal tests and hydrodynamic verification

Island Arc

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 427-442

  Uchida, Jun Ichi ^a   Fujiwara, Osamu ^b   Hasegawa, Shiro ^c   Kamataki, Takanobu ^a  

^a OYO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Critical depth; Foraminifera; Sediment transport; Tsunami; Tsunami deposits

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; FORAMINIFERA; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN WAVE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TSUNAMI; WATER DEPTH;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77956141524     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2010.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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