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Coastal Sedimentation Associated with the December 12th, 1992 Tsunami in Flores, Indonesia

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This paper presents the result of a detailed granulometric investigation of sediments deposited by a modern tsunami, the 1992 tsunami in Flores, Indonesia. Eyewitness accounts indicate that sediments were deposited upon coastal lowlands over wide areas as a result of the tsunami inundation. Distinctive vertical and lateral variations in particle size composition are characteristic features of the tsunami deposits and these are intimately related to sedimentary processes associated with flood inundation. The geomorphological and sedimentary evidence is used here to establish a preliminary model of tsunami sedimentation. This information is believed to be of great value in understanding sedimentary processes associated with tsunami flooding and in the interpretation of palaeo-tsunami deposits.

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  1. School of Applied Science and Computer Studies, Inverness College, IV1 ISA, UK

    Shaozhong Shi

  2. Division of Geography, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Coventry University, CV1 5FB, UK

    Alastair G. Dawson & David E. Smith

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  1. Disaster Control Research Center, Tohoku University, Aoba, Sendai 980-88, Japan

    Fumihiko Imamura (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

  2. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1063, USA

    Kenji Satake

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Shi, S., Dawson, A.G., Smith, D.E. (1995). Coastal Sedimentation Associated with the December 12th, 1992 Tsunami in Flores, Indonesia. In: Imamura, F., Satake, K. (eds) Tsunamis: 1992–1994. Pageoph Topical Volumes. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7279-9_9

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7279-9_9

  • Publisher Name: Birkhäuser Basel

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