Extreme marine inundations (tsunamis?) of coastal western Australia
Nott, Jonathan, and Bryant, Edward (2003) Extreme marine inundations (tsunamis?) of coastal western Australia. Journal of Geology, 111 (6). pp. 691-706.
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Abstract
Along 2500 km of the Western Australian coast, prehistoric ephemeral marine inundations (storm surges or tsunamis) were much larger than those that occurred since European settlement. The evidence is in the form of shell and coral deposits atop 30‐m‐high headlands, sand deposits containing large boulders, shell and coral several kilometers inland, and fields of large imbricated boulders across shore platforms. The size of transported boulders and the altitude of these deposits suggest that tsunamis were responsible, not large storm waves. The orientation of boulders reveals paleowave directions. Radiocarbon dating of the deposits suggest three very large tsunamis along this coast during the past millennium.
| Item ID: | 4425 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1537-5269 |
| Keywords: | marine inundations; prehistoric; tsunamis; Western Australia |
| Additional Information: | Reproduced with permission from Journal of Geology. © 2003 by The University of Chicago. |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jun 2009 01:04 |
| FoR Codes: | 04 EARTH SCIENCES > 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience > 040601 Geomorphology and Regolith and Landscape Evolution @ 50% 04 EARTH SCIENCES > 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience > 040699 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience not elsewhere classified @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9699 Other Environment > 969999 Environment not elsewhere classified @ 100% |
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