Identification of tsunami-induced deposits using numerical modeling and rock magnetism techniques: A study case of the 1755 Lisbon tsunami in Algarve, Portugal

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 182, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 187-198

  Font, E ^a   Nascimento, C ^a   Omira, R ^a   Baptista, M A ^a,b   Silva, P F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Beach embayment; Numerical modelling; Rock magnetism; Tsunami deposit

Indexed keywords

ALGARVE , PORTUGAL; FLOW DEPTH; GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETIC DATA; MAGNETIC MINERALOGY; MAGNETIC PROXIES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; ROCK MAGNETISM; SEM; STUDY CASE; TITANOMAGNETITES; TSUNAMI DEPOSIT; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS; TSUNAMI WAVES; UNDERLYING LAYERS;

BEACHES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; ELECTRON EMISSION; ESTUARIES; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; QUARTZ; ROCKS;

TSUNAMIS;

BEACH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GRAIN SIZE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MINERALOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK PROPERTY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TSUNAMI EVENT;

ALGARVE; BOCA DO RIO; FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

EID: 77956936924     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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