Palaeotsunamis in the Pacific Islands

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 141-146

  Goff, James ^a   Chagué Goff, Catherine ^a,b   Dominey Howes, Dale ^a   McAdoo, Brian ^c   Cronin, Shane ^d   Bonte Grapetin Michael M ^e   Nichol, Scott ^f   Horrocks, Mark ^g   Cisternas, Marco ^h   Lamarche, Geoffroy ⁱ   Pelletier, Bernard ^j   Jaffe, Bruce ^k   Dudley, Walter ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC)   (Fiji)

^f Microfossil Research ^*

^g MICROFOSSIL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^h PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^j Fisheries Department of Vanuatu   (Vanuatu)

^k U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Pacific Island Countries; Palaeotsunami; Risk; Sources

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PREHISTORIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TSUNAMI EVENT;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79958865981     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2010.10.005     Document Type: Review

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