A wave-competence approach to distinguish between boulder and megaclast deposits due to storm waves versus tsunamis

Marine Geology

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 90-97

  Lorang, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boulder beach; Megaclast; Storm waves; Tsunami; Wave competence

Indexed keywords

BOULDER BEACH; LINEAR APPROXIMATIONS; MEGACLAST; NONLINEAR PROCESS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SCREE SLOPES; SEA-CLIFF; SOURCE MATERIAL; STORM WAVES; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS; TRANSPORT DISTANCES; WAVE FORCING; WAVE PERIOD;

BEACHES; DEPOSITS; STRATIGRAPHY; TSUNAMIS;

STORMS;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BOULDER; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; CLIFF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM; STRATIGRAPHY; TSUNAMI; WAVE ACTION; WAVE FORCE;

EID: 79955708456     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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