Block and boulder accumulations along the coastline between Fins and Sur (Sultanate of Oman): Tsunamigenic remains?

Natural Hazards

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 851-873

  Hoffmann, G ^a,b   Reicherter, K ^a   Wiatr, T ^a   Grutzner C ^a   Rausch, T ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IN OMAN   (Oman)

Author keywords

Block deposits; Coastal changes; LiDAR; Makran earthquakes; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; EARTHQUAKE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LIDAR; ROCK BLOCK; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TSUNAMI;

MAKRAN; OMAN;

ANTHOZOA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84870792329     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0399-7     Document Type: Article

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