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Tsunamiites : features and implications /

This book is an overview of the state-of-the art developments in sedimentology of tsunami-induced and tsunami-affected deposits, namely tsunamiites. It also points out any problems that need additional investigation, as well as providing insight into the direction of future tsunamiite researches. Im...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Shiki, T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction
  • why a book on tsunamiites; The term "tsunamiite"; Tsunamis and tsunami sedimentology; Sedimentary characteristics and depositional processes of onshore tsunami deposits; Deposits of the 1992 Nicaragua Tsunami; Distribution and significances of the Indian Ocean tsunami deposits; Thickness and grain-size distribution of Indian Ocean tsunami deposits distributed in the Khao Lak and Phra Thong Island, south-eastern Thailand; Tsunami depositional processes reflecting the waveform in a small bay; Offshore tractive current deposition: the forgotten tsunami sedimentation process; Volcanism-induced tsunamis and tsunamiites; Deep-sea homogenites; Tsunami-affected sedimentary properties of the Mediterranean homogenites as an Modern example of deep-sea tsunamiite; A possible tsunamiite at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in Pernambco basin, northeastern Brazil; Deep-sea tsunami deposits in the Proto-Caribbean sea at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary; The generation of oceanic impact craters and impact-generated tsunami deposits; Tsunami boulder deposits; Characteristic features of tsunamiites; Sedimentology of tsunamiites reflecting chaotic events in the geological records.