Evaluation of Boulder Deposits Linked to Late Neogene Hurricane Events

• Other Authors: Johnson, Markes E. (Editor), Ledesma-Vázquez, Jorge (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Research & information: general; bibliography; large clasts; Miocene; Pliocene; rocky shore; storm; tsunami; barrier boulder deposits; hurricane storm surge; hydrodynamic equation; Gulf of California (Mexico); remote sensing; bouldering tourism; Iberian Peninsula; Mediterranean; Indonesia; Central America; coastal boulder deposits; storm surge; hydrodynamic equations; Holocene; Pleistocene; MIS 5e (Marine Isotope Substage 5e); NE Atlantic Ocean; storm waves; western North America; coastal storm deposits; high-latitude settings; upper pleistocene; marine isotope substage 5e; North Atlantic Ocean; coastal erosion; Marine Isotope Substage 5e; Gulf of California; n/a
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Contributions in this collection discuss storm deposits dating from Neogene time between 23 and 1.8 million years ago, as well as the last 1.8 million years, including the Pleistocene and Holocene. As today, past hurricane events were responsible for the erosion of rocky shorelines due to the impact...