The interest in applying coastal boulders as a proxy for high-energy wave events, i.e., tsunamis and major storms, increased significantly during the last two decades. Studies include on-site investigations, numerical modelling or experimental studies. However, inferences on past inundation processes based on commonly used inverse modelling approaches are associated with significant uncertainties and the need for validation of relevant parameters has been expressed. Here, we review experimental studies on the transport of natural boulders (and artificial bodies) by tsunamis, which provide crucial insights into the physical parameters controlling the transport process. We summarize and categorize the differences and scopes of existing experimental studies and point out the importance of the boulders' wave-facing area and, thus, the drag force, which is highlighted in most studies. The boulder-transport mode (e.g., rolling or sliding), however, varies strongly throughout the publications. A considerable number of influencing parameters is not investigated systematically (e.g., the influence of boulder-boulder interactions) so far, and there is an agreement that existing hydrodynamic equations for mobilization thresholds tend to overestimate the necessary wave height and velocity due to the existing uncertainties. Therefore, and based on the current knowledge, working with parameter ranges (e.g., mobilization thresholds, transport-distance spans) is recommended instead of using exact values. However, we demonstrate that comparisons of the particular findings of the reviewed studies is not straightforward due to very individual experimental setups. Based on this, we propose a standardized research environment, which might simplify the knowledge transfer between studies and can possibly improve numerical models for tsunami-induced boulder transport.

在过去的 20 年里，使用沿海巨石作为高能波浪事件（即海啸和大风暴）的替代物的兴趣显着增加。研究包括现场调查、数值建模或实验研究。然而，基于常用逆向建模方法对过去淹没过程的推论具有很大的不确定性，并且已经表示需要验证相关参数。在这里，我们回顾了海啸对天然巨石（和人造物体）运输的实验研究，这些研究为控制运输过程的物理参数提供了重要的见解。我们对现有实验研究的差异和范围进行了总结和分类，并指出了巨石面向波浪区域的重要性，因此，阻力，大多数研究都强调了这一点。然而，巨石运输模式（例如，滚动或滑动）在整个出版物中变化很大。到目前为止，还没有系统地研究相当多的影响参数（例如，巨石-巨石相互作用的影响），并且一致认为，由于现有的不确定性，现有的流动阈值水动力方程倾向于高估必要的波高和速度. 因此，根据目前的知识，建议使用参数范围（例如，动员阈值、运输距离跨度）而不是使用精确值。然而，我们证明，由于非常个别的实验设置，对所审查研究的特定发现进行比较并不简单。基于此，