Testing the hypothesis for tsunami boulder deposition from suspension

Marine Geology

Volumn 277, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 73-77

  Goff, James ^a   Weiss, Robert ^b   Courtney, Claire ^a   Dominey Howes, Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Boulder; Hydrodynamic; Suspension; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BED LOAD; BOULDER; FLOW DEPTH; HYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; NATURAL LABORATORIES; NEW SOUTH WALES; STORM TIDE; SUSPENDED LOADS; SUSPENSION; TSUNAMI FLOW;

DEPOSITS; FLUID DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TSUNAMIS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BOULDER; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TSUNAMI;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 77957673658     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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