"Stones from the dangerous winds": Reef platform mega-clasts in the tropical Pacific Islands

Natural Hazards

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 567-569

  Terry, James P ^a   Etienne, Samuel ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

South Pacific; Tropical cyclones; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; CORAL REEF; DEPOSITION; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; SEDIMENTATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TSUNAMI;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79951727363     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9697-0     Document Type: Article

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