The sedimentary inventory of tsunamis along the southern gulf of cádiz (Southwestern Spain)

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 54, Issue , 2010, Pages 147-173

  Reicherter, Klaus ^a   Vonberg, David ^a   Koster, Benjamin ^a   Fernández Steeger, Tomás ^a   Grützner, Christoph ^a   Mathes Schmidt, Margret ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

1755 lisbon tsunami; Back wash sediments; Gulf of c diz; Tsunamites

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051797388     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: 18641687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2010/0054S3-0023     Document Type: Article

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