Multi-proxy evidence for trans-Pacific tsunamis in the Hawai'ian Islands

Marine Geology

Volumn 299-302, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-89

  Chague Goff C ^a,b   Goff, J ^a   Nichol, S L ^c   Dudley, W ^d   Zawadzki, A ^b   Bennett, J W ^b   Mooney, S D ^a   Fierro, D ^b   Heijnis, H ^b   Dominey Howes, D ^a   Courtney, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c University of Hawaii at Hilo ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

1946 Aleutian tsunami; 1957 Aleutian tsunami; Hawai'i; Proxies; Tsunami deposits

Indexed keywords

DISTANT SOURCE; HIGH ENERGY; HISTORICAL RECORDS; MULTI PROXIES; POLLEN DATA; PROXIES; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SAND LAYER; STORM EVENTS; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS; TSUNAMI INUNDATION;

CESIUM; DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

TSUNAMIS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DATA SET; DATING METHOD; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; MAGNITUDE; POLLEN; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; STORM; TSUNAMI; WETLAND;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84857124645     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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