The Holocene Storegga Slide tsunami in the United Kingdom

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 23-24, 2004, Pages 2291-2321

  Smith, D E ^a   Shi, S ^b   Cullingford, R A ^c   Dawson, A G ^b   Dawson, S ^b   Firth, C R ^d   Foster, I D L ^b   Fretwell, P T ^b   Haggart, B A ^e   Holloway, L K ^b   Long, D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^f BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; MORPHOLOGY; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SAND; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS;

HOLOCENE STOREGGA SLIDE TSUNAMI; RADIOCARBON; STRATIGRAPHICAL CONTEXT; UNITED KINGDOM (UK);

GRAPHIC METHODS;

HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TSUNAMI; UPLIFT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 9244256842     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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