Clustered, stacked and imbricated large coastal rock clasts on Ludao Island, southeast Taiwan, and their application to palaeotyphoon intensity assessment

• Main Authors: Terry, James P., Lau, Annie A. Y., Nguyen, Kim Anh, Liou, Yuei-An, Switzer, Adam D.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Coastal Boulders; Wave Transport
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164764
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This work investigated the characteristics of a boulder field on the exposed south east coast of Ludao Island (Green Island) in southern Taiwan. Although the region regularly experiences seasonal Pacific typhoons, fieldwork on Ludao was prompted following the double-strike of Typhoon Tembin in Augus...