Holocene coastal evolution of southwest Thailand - Implications for the site-specific preservation of palaeotsunami deposits

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 273-303

  Brill, D ^a   Jankaew, K ^b   Neubauer, N P ^a   Kelletat, D ^a   Scheffers, A ^c   Vott A ^d   Bruckner H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coastal evolution; Holocene; Palaeogeography; Thailand; Tsunami deposit

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EVOLUTION; HOLOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TSUNAMI;

PAKARANG CAPE; PHANGNGA; PHRA THONG ISLAND; SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND;

EID: 84971483044     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: 18641687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2014/0132     Document Type: Review

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