Microfossils in Tidal Settings as Indicators of Sea-Level Change, Paleoearthquakes, Tsunamis, and Tropical Cyclones

Treatise on Geomorphology

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 292-314

  Horton, B P ^a,b   Engelhart, S E ^a,b   Kemp, A C ^c   Sawai, Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclones; Diatoms; Earthquakes; Foraminifera; Intertidal; Isolation basins; Microfossils; Pollen; Salt marsh; Sea level change; Sea level index points; Transfer functions; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903415563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00394-8     Document Type: Chapter

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