Thickness and grain-size distribution of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami deposits in Periya Kalapuwa Lagoon, eastern Sri Lanka

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 230, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 95-104

  Matsumoto, Dan ^a   Shimamoto, Toshihiko ^b   Hirose, Takehiro ^c   Gunatilake, Jagath ^d   Wickramasooriya, Ashvin ^e   DeLile, Jeffrey ^d   Young, Sansfica ^d   Rathnayake, Chaminda ^d   Ranasooriya, Jay ^f   Murayama, Masafumi ^g  

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

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^e SOUTH EASTERN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^f Department of Mines and Petroleum ^*  (Australia)

^g KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grain size; Lagoon; Sedimentary structure; Sri Lanka; Thickness; Tsunami deposit

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; LAGOON; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SRI LANKA; THICKNESS; TSUNAMI DEPOSIT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITS; EROSION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INLET FLOW; LAKES; LAMINATING; LANDFORMS; MINERALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

TSUNAMIS;

BEDDING PLANE; COASTAL LAGOON; CORE ANALYSIS; DUNE; EROSION RATE; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRAIN SIZE; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; PETROLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHELF SEDIMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; PERIYA KALAPUWA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 79951775070     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.06.021     Document Type: Article

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