Run-up and inundation pattern developed during the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004 along the coast of Tamilnadu (India)

Gondwana Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 611-616

  Narayan, Jay P ^a   Sharma, M L ^a   Maheshwari, B K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Indian Ocean tsunami; Run up and inundation; Tamilnadu; Tsunami wave phenomenon

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI 2004; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; WAVE FIELD; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE REFLECTION; WAVE RUNUP;

INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 27644536825     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71162-X     Document Type: Letter

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