Recent mega-tsunamis in the Shark Bay, Pilbara, and Kimberley areas of Western Australia

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 173-188

  Playford, P E ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banda Arc; Earthquake; Neotectonics; Radiocarbon dating; Submarine slumping; Sunda Arc; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84997440287     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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