A note on the preservation of offshore tsunami deposits

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1267-1273

  Weiss, Robert ^a,b   Bahlburg, Heinrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; TIDE GAGES;

BRISBANE , AUSTRALIA; LINEAR WAVE THEORY; MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; PRESERVATION POTENTIAL; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS; TSUNAMI SEDIMENTS; WATER SEDIMENTS;

TSUNAMIS;

DEPOSITION; PRESERVATION; STORM DEPOSIT; TSUNAMI;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; QUEENSLAND; SEYCHELLES;

EID: 84862507290     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.110     Document Type: Article

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