Tsunami vs. Storm surge deposits: A review of the sedimentological and geomorphological records of extreme wave events (EWE) during the holocene in the gulf of cadiz, Spain

Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie

Volumn 54, Issue , 2010, Pages 301-316

  Lario, Javier ^a   Luque, Luis ^b   Zazo, Cari ^c   Goy, José Luis ^d   Spencer, Chris ^e   Cabero, Ana ^c   Bardají, Teresa ^f   Borja, Francisco ^g   Dabrio, Cristino J ^h   Civis, Jorge ^d   González Delgado, J Ángel ^d   Borja, César ⁱ   Alonso Azcárate, Jacinto ^j  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b Avenida Sagunto   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Extreme wave event; Gulf of cadiz; Sedimentology; Storm surge; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043538650     PISSN: 03728854     EISSN: 18641687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2010/0054S3-0029     Document Type: Article

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