Boulder deposition during major tsunami events

A remarkable accumulation of marine boulders located above the present spring tide level has occurred in two coastal lowlands of the Algarve (Portugal). The size-interval of the particles studied here is seldom reported in the literature in association with extreme events of coastal inundation, thus...

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Main Author: Costa, Pedro J. M. (author)
Other Authors: Andrade, Cesar (author), Freitas, Maria C. (author), Oliveira, Maria A. (author), da Silva, Carlos M. (author), Omira, Rachid (author), Taborda, Rui (author), Baptista, Maria Ana Carvalho Viana (author), Dawson, Alastair G. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Boulders
Storm
Tsunami
Sediment transport
Bioerosion
1755
Portugal
High-energy events
Southwestern Spain
Sedimentary Record
Lisbon earthquake
Extreme waves
Ionian coast
Transport
Algarve
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/2113
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/2113

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/2113

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