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Database of recent tsunami deposits

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1172/

Sedimentary characteristics of 228 tsunami deposits, drawn from published accounts, for interpreting prehistorical, historical, and modern tsunami deposits, and for the development of criteria to identify tsunami deposits in the geologic record.

by Peters, Robert and Jaffe, Bruce E.
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1172
Related topics:
Geospatial datasets, Sedimentology, Tsunamis, Unconsolidated deposits, Coastal zones

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