Use of geographic information in response to the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 862-876

  Kelmelis, John A ^a,b   Schwartz, Lee ^b   Christian, Carol ^c   Crawford, Melba ^d   King, Dennis ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF STATE   (United States)

^c STScI   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; GIS; SEISMIC HAZARD; TSUNAMI;

ANDAMANS; ANDAMANS AND NICOBARS; ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 33746644712     PISSN: 00991112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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