Open AccessIndonesian Cave Reveals Nearly 5,000 Years of Tsunamis
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo079283
Subject(s) - cave , indonesian , geography , geology , archaeology , philosophy , linguistics
Researchers explore a coastal cave containing layers of sand deposited by 11 prehistoric tsunamis and demonstrate that the time period between massive waves is highly variable.