Emplacement and movement of boulders by known storm waves - Field evidence from the Okinawa Islands, Japan

Marine Geology

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 66-78

  Goto, Kazuhisa ^a   Miyagi, Kunimasa ^b   Kawana, Toshio ^c   Takahashi, Jun ^a   Imamura, Fumihiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boulder; Coral; Okinawa Islands; Reef; Storm wave; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; CORAL; EAST CHINA SEA; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HEAVY STORMS; HIGH FREQUENCY; HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; OKINAWA ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; STORM WAVE; STORM WAVES;

HURRICANES; REEFS; TSUNAMIS;

STORMS;

BOULDER; CLIFF; CORAL REEF; DISPLACEMENT; EMPLACEMENT; FIELDWORK; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM; TSUNAMI; WAVE ACTION;

EAST CHINA SEA; JAPAN; OKINAWA [OKINAWA ISLAND]; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); RYUKYU ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79953104101     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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