Environmental and geological impacts of the 26 December 2004 tsunami in coastal zone of Thailand - Overview of short and long-term effects

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 793-810

  Szczuciński, Witek ^a   Chaimanee, N ^b   Niedzielski, P ^a   Rachlewicz, G ^a   Saisuttichai, D ^c   Tepsuwan, T ^c   Lorenc, S ^a   Siepak, J ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Coordinating Commitee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia ^*  (Thailand)

^c Department of Mineral Resources ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Coastal change; Natural hazard; Thailand; Tsunami; Tsunami deposits; Tsunami runup and inundation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750992781     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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