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Imbricated Coastal Boulder Deposits are Formed by Storm Waves, and Can Preserve a Long-Term Storminess Record

Coastal boulder deposits (CBD) are archives of extreme wave events. They are emplaced well above high tide, and may include megagravel clasts weighing tens or even hundreds of tonnes. But do they represent storms or tsunami? Many are interpreted as tsunami deposits based simply on clast size and inf...

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Autores principales: Cox, Rónadh, O’Boyle, Louise, Cytrynbaum, Jacob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6658525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31346238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47254-w