Journal articles

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Die entwicklung der tsunamiforschung nach der katastrophe vom 26. Dezember 2004 (with Dieter Kelletat and M Engel), Geographische Rundschau (2009)

The Indian Ocean Tsunami or Sumatra-Andaman Tsunami of December 26, 2004, is said to be...

 

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Severe storms drive holocene island evolution and coral reef biodiversity of the Houtman Abrolhos Archipelago, WA (with Sander R. Scheffers and Dieter Kelletat), IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (2009)

The unique setting of Houtman Abrolhos island allows for a precise storm chronology and influence...

 

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Tsunamis, hurricanes, the demise of coral reefs and shifts in prehistoric human populations in the Caribbean (with Sander R. Scheffers, Jay Haviser, and Tony Browne), Quaternary International (2009)

A review of extreme natural events and their impact on coral reefs and prehistoric human...

 

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Wave-emplaced coarse debris and megaclasts in Ireland and Scotland: boulder transport in a high-energy littoral environment (with Sander R. Scheffers, Dieter Kelletat, and Tony Browne), Journal of Geology (2009)

Many coastlines of the world, particularly those at higher latitudes and those located in tropical...

 

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Late Holocene tsunami traces on the western and southern coastlines of the Peloponnesus (Greece) (with Dieter Kelletat, Andreas Vött, Simon Matthias May, and Sander Scheffers), Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2008)

Greece, in particular the western and southern parts close to the subduction zone of the...

 

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Chevrons: enigmatic sedimentary coastal features (with Sander R. Scheffers, Dieter Kelletat, Dallas H. Abbott, and Edward A. Bryant), Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie (2008)

Chevrons are enigmatic yet understudied sedimentary structures. This paper presents a comprehensive description of chevrons...

 

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Fels-Skulpturen durch extreme Schmelzwasserströmung im Westen Grönlands?, Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie (2008)

Rock sculpturing by extreme meltwater flow in western Greenland? - The genesis of small dimensional...

 

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The Holocene paleo-tsunami history of West Australia (with Sander R. Scheffers, Dieter Kelletat, and Edward A. Bryant), Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2008)

West Australian coastlines experienced several tsunamis in mid-Holocene times. To expand our knowledge about Holocene...

 

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The holocene paleo-tsunami history of Western Australia (with Sander R. Scheffers, Dieter Kelletat, and Edward A. Bryant), Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2008)

West Australian coastlines experienced several tsunamis in mid-Holocene times. To expand our knowledge about Holocene...

 

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Field signatures of the SE-Asian mega-tsunami along the West Coast of Thailand compared to Holocene paleo-tsunami from the Atlantic region (with Dieter Kelletat and Sander R. Scheffers), Pure and Applied Geophysics (2007)

The Andaman-Sumatra Tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004, was by far the largest tsunami catastrophe in...

 

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First significant tsunami evidence from historical times in western Crete (Greece). (with Sander R. Scheffers), Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2007)

The eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea in particular, are the most active seismic regions...

 

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Documentation of the impact of hurricane Ivan on the coastline of Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles) (with Sander R. Scheffers), Journal of Coastal Research (2006)

Situated just north of the Venezuelan coast around 12° to 13° N, the Netherlands Antilles...

 

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Learning from the SE-Asian tsunami: examples from Thailand’s west coast (with Dieter Kelletat and Sander R. Scheffers), Geographische Rundschau International (2006)

One year after the tsunami catastrophe of 26 December 2004, international survey teams in most...

 

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Arguments and methods in distinguishing storm and tsunami debris and the problem of paleo-tsunami dating, Die Erde (2005)

More than 100 years of tsunami research have produced over 2000 scientific papers on this...

 

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Paleo-tsunami relics on the southern and central Antillean Island arc (Grenada, St. Lucia and Guadeloupe) (with Sander R. Scheffers and Dieter Kelletat), Journal of Coastal Research (2005)

Three Holocene tsunami events that struck the islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire around 450–500...

 

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Supplementary Information from the Sumatra-Andaman tsunami from 26.12.2004 (with Dieter Kelletat), Geographische Rundschau (2005)
 

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Tsunami relics in the coastal landscape west of Lisbon, Portugal (with Dieter Kelletat), Science of Tsunami Hazards (2005)

Lisbon and the mouth of the river Tagus (Tejo) are known to have suffered from...

 

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Tsunami – eine unterschätzte naturgefahr? (with Dieter Kelletat and Sander R. Scheffers), Geowissenschaftliche Mitteilungen (2005)
 

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Windskulpturierung (ventifaction) im Küstenraum von West-Portugal und am SE-Peloponnes, Griechenland, Schriften des Arbeitskreises Landes- und Volkskunde (ALV) (2005)
 

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ESR dating of coral reef terraces on Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles) with estimates of Younger Pleistocene sea level elevations (with Gerhard Schellmann, Ulrich Radtke, Franziska Whelan, and Dieter Kelletat), Journal of Coastal Research (2004)

A sequence of at least three Late and Middle Pleistocene coral reef terraces (Lower Terrace,...

 

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Holocene tsunami deposits on the Bahaman Islands of Long Island and Eleuthera (with Dieter Kelletat and Sander R. Scheffers), Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie (2004)
 

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Tsunami im Atlantischen Ozean (with Dieter Kelletat), Geographische Rundschau (2004)
 

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Tsunami imprints on the Leeward Netherlands Antilles (Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire) and their relation to other coastal problems, Quaternary International (2004)

Tsunami are one of the major natural hazards in the Caribbean. The historical record lists...

 

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Electron spin resonance and radiocarbon dating of coral deposited by Holocene tsunami events on Curaçao, Bonaire and Aruba (Netherlands Antilles) (with Ulrich Radtke, Gerhard Schellmann, Dieter Kelletat, Bernd Kromer, and Haino Uwe Kasper), Quaternary Science Reviews (2003)

Electron spin resonance (ESR) dating of coral has become an efficient geochronological tool for studying...

 

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Landschaftsspuren und zeitstellung holozäner tsunamis auf den Niederländischen Antillen (Aruba, Curaçao und Bonaire), Berichte Forschungs- und Technologiezentrum Westküste der Universität Kiel (Büsum) (2003)
 

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Sedimentologic and geomorphologic tsunami imprints worldwide: a review (with Dieter Kelletat), Earth Science Reviews (2003)

Tsunami events with extreme effects on sedimentary transport or considerable alterations of the coastal configuration...

 

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Paleotsunami evidences from boulder deposits on Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire, Science of Tsunami Hazards (2002)

The paleotsunami debris deposits of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire are investigated with regard to their...

 

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Hurricanes und tsunamis: dynamik und küstengestaltende wirkungen (with Dieter Kelletat), Bamberger Geographische Schriften (2001)
 

Books

Tsunamis, hurricanes and neotectonics as driving mechanisms in coastal evolution (Proceedings of the Bonaire Field Symposium, March 2-6, 2006. A contribution to IGCP 495) (with Dieter Kelletat), School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (2006)

Using field oberservations and remote sensing data from the Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 impact at...

 

Book chapters

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Caribbean coasts, Panama to Belize (with Tony Browne), Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms (2010)
 

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Crete (with Tony Browne), Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms (2010)
 

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Egypt (Mediterranean) (with Tony Browne), Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms (2010)
 

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Egypt, Red Sea Coast (with Tony Browne), Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms (2010)
 

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Hipaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) (with Tony Browne), Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms (2010)
 

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Ivory Coast, Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms (2010)
 

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Morocco, Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms (2010)
 

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Pacific coasts of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama (with Tony Browne), Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms (2010)
 

Tsunami, Naturrisiken und sozialkatastrophen (2007)
 

Tsunami boulder deposits, Tsunamiites: features and implications (2007)
 

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Europe, coastal geomorphology (with Dieter Kelletat), Encyclopedia of coastal science (2005)
 

New tsunami evidences in southern Spain – Cabo de Trafalgar and Mallorca Island (with Dieter Kelletat, Franziska Whelan, and P Bartel), Geomorfologia Litoral I Quarternari, Homenatge al professor Vincenç M. Rosselló I Verger (2005)
 

Bimodal tsunami deposits; a neglected feature in paleo-tsunami research (with Dieter Kelletat), Geographie der Meere und Küsten: Ergebnisse der 22. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises "Geographie der Meere und Küsten" in Warnemünde (2004)
 

Sedimentologische und geomorphologische tsunamispuren an den Küsten der Erde (with Dieter Kelletat), Naturrisiken und Naturkatastrophen: Lateinamerika: Jahrbuch Heidelberger Geographische Gesellschaft (2004)
 

Conference publications

Cliff recession and boulder transport along the west coasts of the British Isles (with Dieter Kelletat), Ergebnisse aktueller Küstenforschung - Beiträge der 26. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises "Geographie der Meere und Küsten", 25.-27. April 2008 in Marburg. 2009 (2008)
 

Reading the chapter of extreme wave events in nearshore geo-bio-archives of Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles): initial results (with M Engel, H Brückner, Dieter Kelletat, F Schäbitz, Andreas Vött, M Wille, and T Willershäuser), Ergebnisse aktueller Küstenforschung - Beiträge der 26. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises "Geographie der Meere und Küsten", 25.-27. April 2008 in Marburg. 2009 (2008)
 

Coastal transformation during and after the coseismic uplift 365 AD in western Crete, Greece, Tsunamis, hurricanes and neotectonics as driving mechanisms in coastal evolution (Proceedings of the Bonaire Field Symposium, March 2-6, 2006. A contribution to IGCP 495) (2006)
 

Recent advances in paleo-tsunami field research in the intra-Americas-Sea (Barbados, St. Martin and Anguilla) (with Dieter Kelletat), Caribbean Tsunami Hazard: Proceedings of the National Science Foundation Caribbean Tsunami Workshop (2006)
 

Ripple marks in coarse tsunami deposits, Tsunamis, hurricanes and neotectonics as driving mechanisms in coastal evolution (Proceedings of the Bonaire Field Symposium, March 2-6, 2006. A contribution to IGCP 495) (2006)

Ripple marks from waves or currents are usually known as minor and mostly short living...

 

Sedimentary impacts of Holocene tsunami events from the intra-Americas seas and southern Europe: a review, Tsunamis, hurricanes and neotectonics as driving mechanisms in coastal evolution (Proceedings of the Bonaire Field Symposium, March 2-6, 2006. A contribution to IGCP 495) (2006)

Field research conducted since the year 2000 in southern Europe (Portugal, Spain, Greece, Cyprus and...

 

Tsunami and paleo-tsunami research: where are we now and where do we go? (with Dieter Kelletat), Tsunamis, hurricanes and neotectonics as driving mechanisms in coastal evolution (Proceedings of the Bonaire Field Symposium, March 2-6, 2006. A contribution to IGCP 495) (2006)
 

Tsunami trigger long-lasting phase-shifts in coral reef ecosystem (with Sander R. Scheffers, Ulrich Radtke, Dieter Kelletat, K Staben, and R PM Bak), Tsunamis, hurricanes and neotectonics as driving mechanisms in coastal evolution (Proceedings of the Bonaire Field Symposium, March 2-6, 2006. A contribution to IGCP 495) (2006)

The 2004 Asian tsunami impact on coral reefs was far from catastrophic. In most parts...