Distribution of boulders at Miyara Bay of Ishigaki Island, Japan: A flow characteristic indicator of tsunami and storm waves

Island Arc

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 412-426

  Goto, Kazuhisa ^a   Shinozaki, Tetsuya ^a   Minoura, Koji ^a   Okada, Kiyohiro ^a   Sugawara, Daisuke ^a   Imamura, Fumihiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1771 Meiwa tsunami; Boulder; Ishigaki Island; Miyara Bay; Storm wave; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; DEPOSITION; HYDRAULICS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM SURGE; TSUNAMI; WAVE FORCE;

ISHIGAKI; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77956158049     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2010.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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