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ISBN-10 :  0080558912 

ISBN-13 :  9780080558912

Author: Tsunemasa Shiki 

This book 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 the direction for future tsunamiite researches.

Tsunamiites: Features and Implications 2nd Table of contents:

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION: WHY A BOOK ON TSUNAMIITES
Chapter 2: THE TERM ‘TSUNAMIITE’
Chapter 3: TSUNAMIS AND TSUNAMI SEDIMENTOLOGY
1. INTRODUCTION
2. GENERATION, PROPAGATION AND QUANTIFICATION
3. TSUNAMI SEDIMENTOLOGY
4. CONCLUDING REMARKS
Chapter 4: BEDFORMS AND SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES CHARACTERIZING TSUNAMI DEPOSITS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. DIFFERENCES OF WAVEFORMS BETWEEN TSUNAMI- AND STORM-INDUCED WAVES
3. BEDFORMS AND SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES REFLECTING THE TSUNAMI WAVEFORM
4. SINGLE-BED DEPOSITS
5. MULTIPLE-BED DEPOSITS
6. DEPOSITIONAL MODEL IN SHALLOW WATER
7. CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 5: SEDIMENTARY CHARACTERISTICS AND DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES OF ONSHORE TSUNAMI DEPOSITS: AN EXAMPLE OF SEDIMENTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE 12 JULY 1993 HOKKAIDO–NANSEI-OKI EARTHQUAKE TSUNAMI
1. INTRODUCTION
2. GENERAL SETTING
3. METHODS
4. RESULTS
5. DISCUSSION
6. CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter 6: DEPOSITS OF THE 1992 NICARAGUA TSUNAMI
1. INTRODUCTION
2. 1992 TSUNAMI DEPOSITS ALONG THE NICARAGUA COAST
3. TSUNAMI DEPOSITS NEAR PLAYA DE POPOYO
4. GRADING OF THE TSUNAMI DEPOSITS
5. DISCUSSION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
APPENDIX A. FIELD AND LABORATORY PROTOCOLS
Chapter 7: DISTRIBUTION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI DEPOSITS: INITIAL RESULTS FROM THAILAND AND SRI LANKA
1. INTRODUCTION
2. LOCALITIES AND METHODS OF STUDY
3. DISTRIBUTION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TSUNAMI DEPOSITS
4. DISCUSSION
5. CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter 8: THICKNESS AND GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI DEPOSITS AT KHAO LAK AND PHRA THONG ISLAND, SOUTH-WESTERN THAILAND
1. INTRODUCTION
2. STUDY AREAS
3. IMPACT OF THE TSUNAMI
4. THICKNESS AND GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION
5. DISCUSSION
6. CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter 9: TSUNAMI DEPOSITIONAL PROCESSES REFLECTING THE WAVEFORM IN A SMALL BAY: INTERPRETATION FROM THE GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION AND SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES
1. INTRODUCTION
2. REGIONAL SETTING
3. SEDIMENTARY FACIES OF THE TSUNAMI DEPOSITS
4. GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF THE TSUNAMI DEPOSITS
5. DISCUSSION
6. CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter 10: OFFSHORE TRACTIVE CURRENT DEPOSITION: THE FORGOTTEN TSUNAMI SEDIMENTATION PROCESS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. OFFSHORE TRACTION LINKED TO TSUNAMI-TRIGGERED GRAVITY FLOWS
3. DISCUSSION
4. SUMMARY
Chapter 11: VOLCANISM-INDUCED TSUNAMIS AND TSUNAMIITES
1. INTRODUCTION
2. VOLCANISM-INDUCED TSUNAMIS
3. VOLCANISM-INDUCED TSUNAMIITES
4. DISCUSSION AND SUMMARY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter 12: DEEP-SEA HOMOGENITES: SEDIMENTARY EXPRESSION OF A PREHISTORIC MEGATSUNAMI IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
1. INTRODUCTION
2. DEEP-SEA HOMOGENITES
3. DISCUSSION
4. CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
POST SCRIPTUM
Chapter 13: TSUNAMI-RELATED SEDIMENTARY PROPERTIES OF MEDITERRANEAN HOMOGENITES AS AN EXAMPLE OF DEEP-SEA TSUNAMIITE
1. INTRODUCTION
2. SETTING, TYPES AND DISTRIBUTION OF HOMOGENITES
3. SEDIMENTARY PROPERTIES
4. DISCUSSION OF SEDIMENTOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
5. COMPARISON WITH OTHER DEEP-SEA TSUNAMIITES
6. CONCLUDING REMARKS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
APPENDIX: REFLECTIONS ON TERMINOLOGY
Chapter 14: TSUNAMIITES–CONCEPTUAL DESCRIPTIONS AND A POSSIBLE CASE AT THE CRETACEOUS–TERTIARY BOUNDARY IN THE PERNAMBUCO BASIN, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL
1. INTRODUCTION AND PREVIOUS STUDIES
2. A THEORETICAL APPROACH TOWARDS THE IDENTIFICATION OF TSUNAMIITES
3. METHODS AND DATA ANALYSES
4. GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF THE STUDY AREA
5. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POTY QUARRY K/T BOUNDARY
6. THE CONTROVERSY ABOUT THE POSITION OF THE K/T BOUNDARY
7. BED D, THE POSSIBLE TSUNAMIITE AND A TENTATIVE MODEL
8. CONCLUDING REMARKS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter 15: DEEP-SEA TSUNAMI DEPOSITS IN THE PROTO-CARIBBEAN SEA AT THE CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY
1. INTRODUCTION
2. PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE PROTO-CARIBBEAN SEA AND GEOLOGICAL SETTING OF THE STUDY SITES
3. SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES OF THE PEÑALVER FORMATION
4. COMPARISON OF K/T-BOUNDARY DEEP-SEA TSUNAMI DEPOSITS IN THE PROTO-CARIBBEAN SEA
5. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GENESIS AND NUMBER OF TSUNAMI CURRENTS AT THE K/T BOUNDARY
6. CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter 16: THE GENESIS OF OCEANIC IMPACT CRATERS AND IMPACT-GENERATED TSUNAMI DEPOSITS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. MORPHOLOGY OF OCEANIC IMPACT CRATERS
3. THE GENERATION OF TSUNAMIS BY OCEANIC IMPACTS
4. IMPACT-GENERATED TSUNAMI DEPOSITS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE OCEANIC IMPACT CRATERS
5. DISTRIBUTION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE K/T-BOUNDARY TSUNAMI DEPOSITS AROUND THE CHICXULUB CRATER
6. SIGNIFICANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE K/T-BOUNDARY TSUNAMI DEPOSITS
7. SUMMARY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter 17: TSUNAMI BOULDER DEPOSITS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. BOULDER MOVEMENT BY WAVES AND THE STORM/TSUNAMI THRESHOLD FOR BOULDER DISLOCATION
3. EXAMPLES OF TSUNAMI BOULDER DEPOSITS WORLDWIDE
4. DATING TSUNAMI BOULDER DEPOSITS
5. OPEN QUESTIONS IN COASTAL BOULDER TRANSPORT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter 18: CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF TSUNAMIITES
1. INTRODUCTION
2. CHARACTERISTICS OF TSUNAMIS AND TSUNAMI DEPOSITION
3. SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES IN TSUNAMIITE BEDS
4. CONSTITUENTS OF TSUNAMIITES
5. TSUNAMIITE FEATURES IN VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTS
6. CONCLUSIVE REMARKS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter 19: SEDIMENTOLOGY OF TSUNAMIITES REFLECTING CHAOTIC EVENTS IN THE GEOLOGICAL RECORD—SIGNIFICANCE AND PROBLEMS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. TSUNAMIITES AS RECORDS OF ANCIENT EVENTS
3. PATTERNS OF TSUNAMIITE OCCURRENCE IN TIME
4. PRESERVATION POTENTIAL OF TSUNAMIITES
5. CONCLUSIVE REMARKS AND FUTURE STUDIES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Chapter 20: INTRODUCTION TO A TSUNAMI-DEPOSITS DATABASE
1. INTRODUCTION
2. METHODOLOGY
3. DATABASE DESCRIPTION AND POSSIBLE MODIFICATIONS
4. CATEGORIZATION
5. ACCESSIBILITY
6. COLLABORATION AND RELIABILITY
7. THE NATURE OF TSUNAMI DEPOSITS: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ON TSUNAMI-DEPOSIT CHARACTERISTICS
8. ARE TSUNAMI DEPOSITIONAL OR EROSIONAL EVENTS?
9. TSUNAMI DEPOSITS REFLECT AVAILABILITY OF SOURCE MATERIAL
10. COMPARISON OF TSUNAMI DEPOSITS AND STORM DEPOSITS
11. LOCATING TSUNAMI DEPOSITS
12. EPHEMERAL NATURE OF THE DEPOSITS
13. OFFSHORE DEPOSITS
14. EXAMPLES OF DATABASE QUERIES
15. REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE
16. CONCLUSIONS

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