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Tsunamiites : features and implications /

Tsunamiites: Features and Implications, Second Edition, is an overview of the state-of-the art developments in sedimentology of tsunami-induced and tsunami-affected deposits, namely tsunamiites. It also highlights new problems and issues calling for additional investigation and provides insight into...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Shiki, Tsunemasa, 1929- (Editor ), Tsuji, Yoshinobu (Editor ), Yamazaki, Teiji (Editor ), Nanayama, Futoshi (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, [2021]
Edición:Second edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface to the second edition
  • 1. Introduction : why a book on tsunamiites
  • 2. The term "tsunamiite"
  • 3. Tsunamis and tsunami sedimentology
  • 4. Bedforms and sedimentary structures characterizing tsunami deposits
  • 5. Tsunami depositional processes reflecting the waveform in a small bay : interpretation from the grain-size distribution and sedimentary structures
  • 6. Deposits of the 1992 Nicaragua tsunami
  • 7. Sedimentary characteristics and depositional processes of onshore tsunami deposits : an example of sedimentation associated with the July 12, 1993 Hokkaido-Nansei-Oki earthquake tsunami
  • 8. Distribution and significance of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami deposits : initial results from Thailand and Sri Lanka
  • 9. Thickness and grain-size distribution of Indian Ocean tsunami deposits at Khao Lak and Phra Thong Island, south-western Thailand
  • 10. Lessons from the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami : implication for paleotsunami research
  • 11. An overview on offshore tsunami deposits
  • 12. Combined investigation of tradition archives and sedimentary relics of tsunami hazards : with reference to the Great 1700 Cascadia tsunami and other examples
  • 13. Deep-sea homogenites : sedimentary expression of a prehistoric megatsunami in the eastern Mediterranean
  • 14. Tsunami-related sedimentary properties of Mediterranean homogenites as an example of deep-sea tsunamiite
  • 15. Volcanism-induced tsunamis and tsunamites
  • 16. Tsunamiites : conceptual descriptions and a possible example at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in the Pernambuco Basin, northeastern Brazil
  • 17. Deep-sea tsunami deposits in the proto-Caribbean Sea at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary
  • 18. The genesis of ocean impact craters and impact-generated tsunami deposits
  • 19. Tsunami boulder deposits : a strongly debated topic in paleo-tsunami research
  • 20. Characteristic features of tsunamiites
  • 21. Sedimentology of tsunamiits reflecting chaotic events in the geological record : significance and problems.