Coastal boulders as evidence for high-energy waves on the Iranian coast of Makran

Marine Geology

Volumn 290, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 17-28

  Shah hosseini, Majid ^a   Morhange, Christophe ^a   Naderi Beni, Abdolmajid ^b   Marriner, Nick ^a   Lahijani, Hamid ^b   Hamzeh, Mohammadali ^b   Sabatier, François ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Iranian National Institute for Oceanography INIO   (Iran)

Author keywords

Boulder; Coast; Gulf of Oman; Hazard; Inundation; Iran; Makran; Storm; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; COAST; GULF OF OMAN; INUNDATION; IRAN; MAKRAN;

DEPOSITS; HAZARDS; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; TSUNAMIS;

FLOODS;

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BIVALVE; BOREHOLE; BOULDER; CALCARENITE; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IMBRICATION; OCEAN WAVE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHORE PLATFORM; STORM; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TSUNAMI; WAVE HEIGHT;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF OMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; MAKRAN;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 81255163754     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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