Local variation of inundation, sedimentary characteristics, and mineral assemblages of the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami on the Misawa coast, Aomori, Japan

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 282, Issue , 2012, Pages 216-227

  Nakamura, Yugo ^a   Nishimura, Yuichi ^a   Putra, Purna Sulastya ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

2011 Tohoku oki tsunami deposit; Grain size; Mineral composition; Run up height; Topography; Transportation modes

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; MINERAL COMPOSITION; RUN-UP HEIGHTS; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TSUNAMI DEPOSITS;

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; FLOODS; FORESTRY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TOPOGRAPHY;

TSUNAMIS;

BEACH EROSION; CLINOPYROXENE; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; DEPOSITION; DUNE; FIELD SURVEY; GRAIN SIZE; ORTHOPYROXENE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TOPOGRAPHY; TSUNAMI EVENT; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE RUNUP;

COASTS; DAMAGE; FLOODING; FORESTRY; SEDIMENTS;

AOMORI; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84870412335     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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